Resource Type: Removals, Detention and Offences

Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association Working Group on Removals, Detention and Offences

Home Office Documents | Key Documents

Information for your immigration bail reporting appointment (4 March 2026). 

First published.

Home Office Documents | Key Documents

Detention Services Order 09/2012: Searching policy (12 March 2026). 

Guidance updated.

Home Office Documents | Key Documents

Detention Services Order 01/2019: Detained Individual Escort Records (16 March 2026). 

Updated the guidance to reflect terminology changes and the addition of a paragraph outlining the Reporting and Offender Management (ROM) system process.

Home Office Documents | Key Documents

Detention Services Order 02/2016: Lesbian, gay and bisexual detained individuals (16 March 2026).

Updated to remove annual self-audit line, change terminology from ‘centre supplier’ to ‘Contracted Service Provider’ (CSP) and update the support details.

Briefing | Removals, Detention and Offences

ILPA Briefing Re: Sentencing Act 2026

ILPA has prepared the below short briefing covering two elements of the Sentencing Act 2026: the definition of a foreign national offender and the early removal of foreign prisoners. Neither […]

ILPA Blog | Refugee

When ‘Safe’ is Anything But: ‘Safe Country’ concepts and understanding their impact on women seeking asylum

BY EMILY WILBOURN AND DR CHRISTEL QUERTON The UK Government has been making increasing use of concepts such as ‘safe countries of origin’ or ‘safe third countries’. It has also […]

ILPA documents | Refugee

ILPA Evidence to the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (SLSC) Re. Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules: HC 1691 (13 March 2026)

ILPA submitted the below evidence to the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee on 13 March 2026 regarding the Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules HC 1691 of 5 March 2026, asking the Committee […]

Home Office Documents | Key Documents

Returns from the UK and enforcement activity (5 March 2026).  

Published the note on family returns from the UK between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2025.

Home Office Documents | Key Documents

Visitors and visiting procedures for detained individuals (5 March 2026).  

Updated guidance to clarify the retention period for cancelled visits.