An Equality Impact Assessment (EQIA) has been completed and routinely monitored to ensure that the accommodation is safe, habitable, fit for purpose and meets all regulatory requirements, for single adult male asylum seekers.<\/p>
We will assess individual\u2019s suitability to reside at each location and will only accommodate individuals who are considered suitable to reside there. Each person\u2019s suitability will be assessed at regular intervals.<\/p>
The sites are be designed to be as self-sufficient as possible, helping to minimise the impact on local communities and services. This includes 24/7 security to reduce the need for police patrols, on-site catering and healthcare and transport provisions for asylum seekers.<\/p>
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It is not possible to accurately quantify the number of immigration offenders in the UK as, by their very nature, those that deliberately evade immigration control to enter and stay in the country illegally are not officially recorded until they come to light and are arrested.<\/p>
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The Immigration Bill will provide new powers to implement exit checks, which the last Labour Government scrapped in 1998. This will allow the Home Office to screen those who leave the UK to identify threats and persons of interest to Border Force, immigration enforcement and other law enforcement bodies, and to enable an appropriate response.
The Home Office continues to prevent abuse, pursue offenders and increase compliance with immigration law - our Immigration Compliance and Enforcement teams across the UK target illegal migrants who have no right to live and work in the community.
The Immigration Bill will stop migrants using public services to which they are not entitled, reduce the factors which encourage people to come to the UK and make it easier to remove people who should not be here.<\/p>
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