ICIBI publishes Annual Report for 2020-2021

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The Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration (ICIBI) has published the ICIBI Annual Report for 2020-2021. The report includes a foreword by David Neil, a valedictory report by David Bolt, a summary of 2020-2021 inspection findings, details on the work of the Independent Advisory Group on country information and corporate and financial information. In the valedictory report, the former Chief Inspector, David Bolt, expressed his concern over the need for the Home Office’s Borders, Immigration and Citizenship System to focus on 'getting the basics right,' including creating and maintaining accurate and retrievable records, quality assuring decisions, generating and making use of reliable data and management information to inform policies, priorities and performance, communicating clearly to staff and the users of its services and developing the right tools and IT to support its business. He concluded by saying he hadn't seen any improvements to these fundamental problems and noted that some evidence demonstrated that some had...