Home Office Weekly Updates
11th- 17th April 2022
The major news this week is the launch of the UK and Rwanda Migration and Economic Development Partnership with Home Secretary Priti Patel stating “Today the United Kingdom and Rwanda have signed a joint new migration and economic development partnership to put an end to this deadly trade in people smuggling.
The aim is to reduce the number coming across the Channel by sending them to Rwanda. The announcements was accompanied by the memorandum of understanding between Rwanda and the UK, several facts sheets on the cost of asylum in the UK, how will the scheme work, the use of the navy and other accommodation centres to hold Channel Migrants. Of keen interest are the two ministerial letters between the Home Secretary and her Permanent Secretary, who expressed concern about the financial benefits of the scheme.
To emphasis the point of the policy the HO published the irregular migrant numbers.There were 28,526 people detected arriving on small boats in 2021. This compares with 8,466 in 2020, 1,843 in 2019 and 299 in 2018.
In addition, immigration numbers were published on European Union citizens who remained in the UK 5.3 million. In addition we had details on the Afghan scheme and the Ukrainian scheme. The numbers are not declining.
Steven Woolfe – Director
The Centre for Migration & Economic Prosperity
16th April 2022
NEWS STORIES
World first partnership to tackle global migration crisis
UK and Rwanda migration and economic development partnership to address shared international challenge of illegal migration and break the business model of people smuggling gangs.
Harsher sentences introduced for ‘spiking’ drugs
From today, those found in unlawful possession of these drugs face sentences of up to five years behind bars
Protective security grant funding for Jewish institutions to continue
The Home Office has announced it will continue to grant the Community Security Trust £14 million to help keep members of the Jewish community safe.
15th meeting of India-UK Joint Working Group on Counter Terrorism: joint statement
The 15th meeting of the India-UK Joint Working Group on Counter Terrorism was held in London on 4 and 5 April 2022.
Government to improve drug treatment in most deprived areas
50 local authorities in some of the most deprived areas in England will receive enhanced funding over the next 3 years to rebuild drug treatment services.
HOME SECRETARY SPEECH
Home Secretary’s speech on UK and Rwanda Migration and Economic Development Partnership
Home Secretary Priti Patel made a speech on 14 April 2022 to announce a world first partnership to tackle the global migration crisis.
HOME OFFICE FACT SHEETS:
Factsheet: Migration and Economic Development Partnership How it works.
Factsheet: Maritime primacy. How will the MoD take command of small boat crossings
Factsheet: Cost of the asylum system
Factsheet: Linton Asylum Accommodation
HOME OFFICE CORRESPONDENCE
Migration and economic development partnership: ministerial direction
Two Letters regarding the ministerial direction to establish a migration and economic development partnership with Rwanda.
Circular 001/2022: Reclassification of GHB and related substances
A change to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971: reclassification of Gamma-Hydroxybutyric Acid, Gamma-Butyrolactone and 1,4-Butanediol from Class C to Class B.
HOME OFFICE CONSULTATIONS:
Labour Market Enforcement Strategy 2023 to 2024: call for evidence
HOME OFFICE POLICY PAPERS:
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the UK and Rwanda
MoU between the government of the United Kingdom and the government of the Republic of Rwanda for the provision of an asylum partnership arrangement.
HOME OFFICE FORM:
Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service: application pack
Recruitment information and application forms for the position of Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service.
HOME OFFICE GUIDANCE:
Promotional material: Afghanistan evacuees: immigration information
Immigration information for people evacuated from Afghanistan, including their rights and the next steps regarding their immigration status in the UK.
Promotional material: Ukrainian refugees: Immigration information for Ukrainians in the UK, British nationals and their family members
Information about the immigration routes available for Ukrainian nationals in the UK British nationals and their family members.
Afghan locally employed staff
Guidance on the Afghan locally employed staff schemes.
Workers and Temporary Workers: sponsor a Global Business Mobility worker
Guidance for employers on how to sponsor a worker on the Global Business Mobility (GBM) routes.
Global Business Mobility: eligible occupations and codes
Find out which jobs are eligible for Global Business Mobility visas.
Global Business Mobility routes caseworker guidance
Immigration staff guide for how UK Visas and Immigration considers applications to enter or remain in the UK on the Global Business Mobility routes.
Financial evidence for sponsored or endorsed work routes
If you’re coming to the UK, you’ll need to prove you have enough money to support yourself and any dependants in the UK. What you need to show depends on the route you’re applying on and your personal circumstances.
Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS): occupation codes
Find out which research jobs may require an ATAS certificate when applying for a visa to work in the UK.
Windrush Cross-Government Working Group: stakeholder biographies
Biographies of the members of the Windrush Cross-Government Working Group.
Immigration and nationality refunds policy
Immigration staff guidance on the policy for considering and issuing refunds of fees for immigration and nationality applications.
Immigration detention bail: telephone reporting
Telephone reporting allows eligible people to comply with the conditions of their immigration bail over the phone, reducing the need to attend a reporting centre in person.
Immigration Rules archive: 30 March 2022 to 5 April 2022
Apply for a visa under the Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme (Homes for Ukraine)
Guidance for Ukrainian nationals and their family members to come to the UK under the Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme.
Landlord’s guide to right to rent checks
This guidance advises a landlord, letting agent or homeowner how to conduct a right to rent check when letting privately rented accommodation.
EU Settlement Scheme caseworker guidance
Guidance for caseworkers considering applications under the EU Settlement Scheme.
Emergency Services Network
The Emergency Services Network will replace the existing Airwave communications network used by the police, fire and rescue, and ambulance services in the UK.
HOME OFFICE TRANSPARENCY DATA
Irregular migration to the UK, year ending December 2021
Statistics on irregular migration to the UK, including small boats.
EU Settlement Scheme statistics, March 2022
This report provides monthly statistics on applications made to the EU Settlement Scheme.
Joint Fraud Taskforce management board minutes: 2021
Minutes of the Joint Fraud Taskforce management board meetings for 2021.
National DNA Database statistics
Provides National DNA Database statistics on a quarterly basis.
Windrush Community Fund projects
Information on Community Fund projects and case studies raising awareness of the Windrush Scheme (documentation) and Windrush Compensation Scheme.
HOME OFFICE RESEARCH & COLLECTION DATA
Immigration Rules
A collection of current immigration rules
Joint Fraud Taskforce
Information about the Joint Fraud Taskforce (JFT), including membership, meeting minutes and the sector-based charters to combat fraud.
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