Immigration Enforcement

Data on Border Force, UK Visas and Immigration, Immigration Enforcement and Passports, Citizenship and Civil Registration performance.

Detention services order 08/2014 about the Home Office's responsibilities if a detainee or resident dies in their custody.

Detention services order 11/2025 on the use of force on detailed adult individuals in immigration removal centres and other facilities.

How to carry out right to work checks, why you need to do them, and which documents you can use.

A quarterly report listing the fines (civil penalties) for illegal working given to employers in the UK.

Detention Services Order 08/2025 about procedures of managing detained individuals who have been assessed as posing risk of escaping, absconding from detention.

Detention services order 03/2015 about handling complaints in immigration centres.

Detention services order 12/2012 about identifying and assessing the risk of a detainee seriously assaulting another.

The government is consulting with employers on extending right to work checks to the 'gig economy' to prevent illegal working.

Guidance for employers on how to avoid discrimination when carrying out right to work checks.

This code of practice sets out the prescribed checks that employers should conduct to avoid a civil penalty in the event of illegal working.

Detention services order 02/2018 on the processes within the immigration detention estate relating to Detainee Custody Officer certification.

Detention services order 19/2012 about safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children in detention.

Detention services order 05/2018 about Home Office policy on detainees having mobile phones and cameras in removal centres.

Detention services order 04/2012 about visiting procedures for detainees.

Detention services order 06/2013 about the reception and induction checklist and supplementary guidance.

Detention services order 05/2014 about the installation and removal of electronic monitoring devices from detainees.

Detention services order 02/2022 on the use of interpretation services and electronic translation devices.

Detention services order 01/2013 on opportunities for detainees to be given opportunity for paid activities in detention centres.

Detention services order 05/2016 about Home Office policy on pregnant women in detention.

Immigration staff guidance on dealing with immigration enforcement matters within the UK.

Detention services order 1/2014 about families in immigration removal centres.

Detention services order 06/2026 provides guidance on hospital inpatient admissions for people detained under immigration powers.

This report shows the number of illegal working civil penalties from 1 October to 31 December 2025.

Detention services order 15/2012 on fingerprinting detained individuals in immigration detention centres.

Contact details for Immigration Enforcement’s immigration compliance and enforcement teams

This page contains information on the Migration transparency data’s voluntary compliance with the Code of Practice for Statistics.

Immigration staff guidance on administrative and criminal powers for officers dealing with immigration enforcement matters within the UK.

Find out how to make a subject access request to see information held about you. You can also make a request for someone else.

Detention services order 6/2015 about facilitating marriage or civil partnership of detained individuals outside immigration removal centres.

How ex-gratia payments are managed and resolved, and how actual and non-financial losses are assessed by UKVI, Immigration Enforcement and Border Force.

Detention services order 4/2017 about the use of surveillance camera systems including how data is managed and kept secure.

Detention services order 06/2012 about managing the property of detainees in the UK.

Detention services order 2/2017 about removal from association and temporary confinement.

How Immigration Enforcement uses and looks after the personal information given by employees.

Detention services order 06/2018 about standards of accommodation at detention centres.

Detention services order 02/2016 about standards for the treatment of lesbian, gay and bisexual detained individuals.

Detention services order 09/2012 about searching detainees, staff and visitors at removal centres.

Immigration staff guidance on the powers and obligations related to the seizure and interrogation of digital media under the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA).

Annex C provides a DCF9 form that can be used to make complaints within the immigration detention estate.

The standard operating procedures explains the requirements for setting up and deploying live facial recognition (LFR).

An equality impact assessment covers the considerations of this technology by Immigration Enforcement.

This assessment explains the legal basis, safeguards, and privacy measures for using facial recognition to process biometric data.

The legal mandate describes the authorities and legal powers governing Immigration Enforcement use of live facial recognition.

This policy outlines Immigration Enforcement’s strategic, operational, and legal framework for the ethical use of live facial recognition technology.

Detention services order 01/2022 about the care and management of individuals under the assessment care in detention and teamwork (ACDT) processes.

Detention services order 04/2016 about internet access for detainees.

How your personal information is used within the borders, immigration and citizenship system.

This document is the appropriate policy document for the Home Office.

This is the Home Office’s official policy document, created to meet its legal duties under Part 3 of the Data Protection Act 2018.

Data on Immigration Enforcement activities.

Data on UK Visas and Immigration sponsorship activities.

Data on UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) customer service operations.

Data on Resettlement, Asylum Support and Integration activities.

This note has been produced to provide an overview of immigration enforcement activity in the UK since early July, including operational data on Operation Tornado.

Data on UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) customer service operations.

Data on Immigration Enforcement activities.

Data on Resettlement, Asylum Support and Integration activities.

Data on UK Visas and Immigration sponsorship activities.

Immigration detention policy on adults who may be at risk of harm in detention.

Response to the public inquiry into the mistreatment of detained individuals at Brook House Immigration Removal Centre.

Home Office response to the third annual ICIBI inspection of adults at risk in immigration detention.

Demonstrating Compliance with the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED).

This consultation seeks views on the government's plan to create a new statutory code of practice for all powers where none currently exists

Home Office Research Report 39 was written to contribute to the reporting requirements of the European Refugee Fund (ERF). Semi…

Home Office Research Report 38 is an assessment of the Voluntary Assisted Return and Reintegration Programme (VARRP) for 2005.