Home Affairs - Fifth Report
Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 13 July 2006.
CONTENTS
Terms of Reference
REPORT
1 INTRODUCTION
2 CONTEXT
Increasing numbers of migrants
Migration to the UK
Temporary migration
Settlement
Impact of migration
Controlling entry
Immigration rules
Immigration authorities
The Government's current aims
Illegal immigration
Root causes of illegal migration
Numbers of illegal migrants
Categories of illegal migrant
The need to tackle illegal migration
3 CONTROLS
OVERSEAS
The entry clearance operation
The application process: outsourcing
Information and advice for applicants
Decision-making
Training and monitoring
Internal reviews
Entry clearance targets
Access to information
Tackling forgery and fraud
Fingerprinting visa applicants
Previous recommendations
4 BORDER
CONTROLS
Checks on arriving passengers
5 IMMIGRATION
DECISIONS TAKEN IN THE UK
Decision-making, training and monitoring
IND targets
Access to information
Management and structures
Policy development
Internal corruption
6 SPECIFIC
CATEGORIES
Student immigration applications
New IND units
Responsibility of DfES
Children
Private fostering
Detention and removal
Spouses
Genuine marriage applications
Forced marriage cases
Abusive marriages
Sham marriages
7 APPEALS
Lack of mutual confidence
Reviewing refusals before appeal
Interpretation
Case Management Reviews
Paperwork
A one-tier system?
Representation
Home Office representatives
Appellants' representatives
Teething problems
Removing appeal rights
8 ENFORCING
THE CONTROLS
The need for effective enforcement
Current enforcement efforts
Enforcement priorities
Aligning enforcement with decision-making
Increasing the number of removals
Reintroducing embarkation controls
Gathering information
Illegal working
A regularisation scheme?
9 CUSTOMER
SERVICE
Delays
Checking progress of applications
Handling complaints
10 DEPORTATION
OF FOREIGN NATIONAL PRISONERS
Rising numbers of foreign prisoners
Warnings were ignored
Serious implications were not recognised
Two aspects of policy
11 LESSONS
TO BE LEARNT
A culture of accountability
Joining up
Within the immigration system
Within the Home Office
Across Government
Improving management information and statistics
Targets
Isolated targets
Speed targets
Misdirected targets
Guidance
Following up recommendations
Oversight: an Independent Immigration Inspectorate?
12 CONCLUSIONS
LIST OF CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
ANNEX: RECENT OFFICIAL REPORTS ON IMMIGRATION
AND ASYLUM
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
FORMAL MINUTES
WITNESSES
LIST OF WRITTEN EVIDENCE
REPORTS FROM THE HOME AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
MINUTES OF EVIDENCE - VOLUME III (HC 775-III)
WRITTEN EVIDENCE - VOLUME II (HC 775-II)
ADDITIONAL WRITTEN EVIDENCE - VOLUME III (HC 775-III)
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