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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 03/2017 about care and management of detained individuals who refuse to eat or drink.
Detention services order 05/2018 about Home Office policy on detainees having mobile phones and cameras in removal centres.
Guidance on how complaints are managed and resolved by UK Visas and Immigration, Immigration Enforcement and Border Force.
Detention services order 12/2012 about identifying and assessing the risk of a detainee seriously assaulting another.
Detention services order 11/2025 on the use of force on detailed adult individuals in immigration removal centres and other facilities.
Immigration staff guidance on dealing with immigration enforcement matters within the UK.
Detention services order 06/2018 about standards of accommodation at detention centres.
Detention services operating standards manual for immigration service removal centres.
Immigration detention policy on adults who may be at risk of harm in detention.
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
Detention services order 09/2012 about searching detainees, staff and visitors at removal centres.
Guidance on what to do if your application for an account is declined or if your account is closing because you are in the UK illegally.
Immigration staff guidance on inviting applicants to volunteer evidence to demonstrate a biological relationship.
Immigration staff guidance on administrative and criminal powers for officers dealing with immigration enforcement matters within the UK.
Detention services order 07/2016 about the Home Office’s responsibility to complete a risk assessment before restraining a detainee under escort.
A guide to the civil penalty scheme for employers who give a job to an illegal worker.
Guide for employers on the civil penalties for employing illegal workers.
Detention services order 05/2015 about reporting and communicating incidents in detention centres.
Detention services order 1/2018 about the release of detainees on receipt of an IS106 release order or notification of bail granted by a judge of the First-tier Tribunal.
Detention services order 02/2015 about raising awareness of the legislative requirements for RIPA.
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