Tuesday, July 19, 2005

Returning failed asylum seekers / National Audit Office, July 2005

PDF - http://www.nao.org.uk/publications/nao_reports/05-06/050676.pdf
"the Home Office’s Immigration and Nationality Directorate has increased its capacity for removing failed asylum applicants but the number of people removed or returning voluntarily each month is still less than the number of unsuccessful cases(1). Over five years the Directorate increased the number of failed asylum applicants returning to their country of origin or to safe third countries by 35 per cent from 8,960 in 2000-01 to 12,110 excluding dependants (14,075 including dependants) in 2004-05. Today’s report highlights a number of areas where further improvements should be made, in particular the need to remove failed asylum applicants as promptly as possible."