Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration
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Official account of the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, providing independent scrutiny to the UK's border and immigration functions.
The Independent Chief Inspector’s report on 'An inspection of the Future Border and Immigration System benefits realisation' has been sent to the Home Secretary today for publication. It contains three recommendations.
Current inspections
Details of our live inspections, and any inspection reports awaiting publication.
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The Independent Chief Inspector’s report on ‘An inspection of the UK-France Agreement on the Prevention of Dangerous Journeys' has been sent to the Home Secretary today for publication. It contains three recommendations.
Current inspections
Details of our live inspections, and any inspection reports awaiting publication.
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The Independent Chief Inspector's report on ‘An inspection of refusals and cancellations of permission to enter the UK’ has been published and is available on the ICIBI website:
Inspection report published: An inspection of refusals and cancellations of permission to enter the UK (September 2025 – February 2026)
The Independent Chief Inspector comments on the inspection report on refusals at the border following its publication.
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The Independent Chief Inspector's report on ‘An inspection of asylum casework’ has been published and is available on the ICIBI website:
Inspection report published: An inspection of asylum casework (June – December 2025)
The Independent Chief Inspector comments on the asylum casework inspection report following its publication.
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The Independent Chief Inspector's report on ‘An inspection of overstayers’ has been published and is available on the ICIBI website:
Inspection report published: An inspection of overstayers (March – October 2025)
The Independent Chief Inspector comments on the inspection report on overstayers following its publication.
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The Independent Chief Inspector's report on ‘An inspection of administrative reviews’ has been published and is available on the ICIBI website:
Inspection report published: An inspection of administrative reviews (April – August 2025)
The Independent Chief Inspector comments on the inspection report on administrative reviews following its publication.
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The Independent Chief Inspector's report on ‘An inspection of Home Office management of contact with migrants who are without leave to enter or remain’ has been published and is available on the ICIBI website:
Inspection report published: An inspection of Home Office management of contact with migrants who are without leave to enter or remain (September 2024 – February 2025)
The Independent Chief Inspector comments on the inspection report on contact management following its publication.
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Reminder: Anyone with knowledge and experience of the Home Office’s pre-appeals review process is invited to submit evidence for ICIBI's inspection of this area by 24 June 2026:
Call for Evidence: An inspection of the Home Office’s pre-appeal review process
The Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration invites anyone with knowledge and experience of the Home Office pre-appeal review process to submit evidence for the inspection.
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The ICIBI has commenced an inspection of the Home Office’s pre-appeals review process and invites anyone with knowledge and experience of this area to provide evidence for the inspection by 24 June 2026:
Call for Evidence: An inspection of the Home Office’s pre-appeal review process
The Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration invites anyone with knowledge and experience of the Home Office pre-appeal review process to submit evidence for the inspection.
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The ICIBI inspection report on Home Office country of origin information on Afghanistan and Colombia has been published and is available on the ICIBI website:
Inspection report on Home Office country of origin information on Afghanistan and Colombia (December 2025)
This report covers reviews of selected Home Office country information on Afghanistan and Colombia that the IAGCI considered at its meeting on 18 December 2025.
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Reminder: The ICIBI’s Independent Advisory Group on Country Information invites tenders to evaluate Home Office country information products on Syria and Bangladesh. For details and information on how to apply (by 8 June 2026), see here:
IAGCI invites tenders to evaluate Home Office country information products on Syria and Bangladesh
Potential reviewers of country of origin information are invited to submit expressions of interest by the close of 8 June 2026.
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The ICIBI recently conducted its annual stakeholder survey to collect views from stakeholders that have engaged with the inspectorate over the last year. A summary of the 2025 survey results is now available on the ICIBI website:
Results of the 2025 ICIBI stakeholder survey
The Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration (ICIBI) conducted the annual stakeholder survey to collect views from stakeholders that have engaged with the inspectorate over the last year...
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The ICIBI’s Independent Advisory Group on Country Information invites tenders to evaluate Home Office country information products on Syria and Bangladesh. For details and information on how to apply (by 8 June 2026), see here:
IAGCI invites tenders to evaluate Home Office country information products on Syria and Bangladesh
Potential reviewers of country of origin information are invited to submit expressions of interest by the close of 8 June 2026.
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The Independent Chief Inspector's report on 'An inspection of refusals and cancellations of permission to enter the UK' has been sent to the Home Secretary today for publication. It contains two recommendations.
Current inspections
Details of our live inspections, and any inspection reports awaiting publication.
gov.uk
The ICIBI invites anyone with knowledge and experience of the Home Office's engagement with local authorities in the planning and development of asylum accommodation to submit evidence for the inspection:
Call for evidence: An inspection of the Home Office's engagement with local authorities in the planning and development of asylum accommodation
The Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration invites anyone with knowledge and experience of the Home Office's engagement with local authorities in the planning and development of asylum...
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The Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration has commenced an inspection of the Home Office's engagement with local authorities in the planning and development of asylum accommodation:
Inspection announcement: An inspection of the Home Office's engagement with local authorities in the planning and development of asylum accommodation
In line with his 2026-27 Inspection Plan, the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration (ICIBI) has commenced an inspection of the Home Office's engagement with local authorities in the p...
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The Independent Chief Inspector has published his Inspection Plan for 2026-27. The Inspection Plan includes completed inspection reports that are awaiting publication, inspections begun in 2025-26, and new inspections for 2026-27:
ICIBI Inspection Plan 2026-27
The Independent Chief Inspector has published his Inspection Plan for 2026-27.
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Anyone with knowledge and experience of the UK-France Agreement on the Prevention of Dangerous Journeys is invited to submit evidence for ICIBI's inspection of this area by 7 April 2026:
Call for evidence: An inspection of the UK-France Agreement on the Prevention of Dangerous Journeys
The Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration invites anyone with knowledge and experience of the UK-France Agreement on the Prevention of Dangerous Journeys to submit evidence for the in...
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