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4 results foundAuthor: Aliverti, Ana Title: Immigration Offences: Trends in Legislation and Criminal and Civil Enforcement Summary: This briefing analyses immigration offences in British immigration and asylum legislation, and trends in legislation and in criminal and civil enforcement against offenders. The briefing deals specifically with violations of the laws governing the UK system of immigration control and with enforcement of those laws in criminal and civil courts. It does not discuss data on crimes committed by migrants that do not involve the immigration system itself, such as thefts committed by migrants. Details: Oxford, UK: The Migration Observatory, University of Oxford, 2013. 11p. Source: Internet Resource: Briefing: Accessed July 11, 2013 at: http://www.migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/sites/files/migobs/Briefing%20-%20Immigration%20Offences_0.pdf Year: 2013 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/sites/files/migobs/Briefing%20-%20Immigration%20Offences_0.pdf Shelf Number: 129370 Keywords: Immigrants and CrimeImmigrationImmigration Control |
Author: Conlon, Deirdre Title: Spatial Control: Geographical Approaches to the Study of Immigration Detention Summary: his Global Detention Project Working Paper surveys research on immigration detention conducted using geographical methods, highlighting how geography's conceptualization of detention as a form of spatial control offers tools to scholars and activists working to contest this form of immigration control. The authors organize their review around three core themes: im/mobilities, scaled analyses, and borders/bordering. They argue that geographical approaches to the study of detention have helped generate a critical orientation that can disrupt the spread of detention across and within a widening array of places and social groups. Details: Geneva, SWIT: Global Detention Project, 2017. 20p. Source: Internet Resource: Global Detention Project Working Paper No. 24: Accessed September 20, 2017 at: https://www.globaldetentionproject.org/spatial-control-geographical-approaches-to-the-study-of-immigration-detention-global-detention-project-working-paper-no-24 Year: 2017 Country: International URL: https://www.globaldetentionproject.org/spatial-control-geographical-approaches-to-the-study-of-immigration-detention-global-detention-project-working-paper-no-24 Shelf Number: 147414 Keywords: Illegal Immigrants Immigrant Detention Immigration ControlMigrants Spatial Analysis |
Author: Gerstein, Daniel M. Title: Assessment of the consolidation of the Australian Customs and Protection Service (ACBPS) with the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) Summary: In 2014, the Australian government announced the integration of the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (ACBPS) and the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) into a single government department, including the formation of the Australian Border Force (ABF). A year after the integration began, the DIBP leadership sought an independent analysis of the effectiveness and efficiency of the integrated department. This analysis required the RAND Corporation to take a deeper and longer view of the two organisations as they existed, understand how the combined organisation has been able to incorporate into a single entity, and assess the degree to which the new organisation has been able to mitigate weaknesses and reinforce strengths. The integration of the DIBP reflects an important inflection point in the history of customs, immigration, and border-management activities within the government of Australia. The degree to which this reform achieves its goals largely rests on the ability of the leadership to keep up the momentum, bring the workforce along, and ensure that the necessary capacities that have been built are able to survive. Key Findings The analysis suggests key findings in four areas: (1) the case for change, (2) building a single border-management organisation, (3) assessing progress and performance, and (4) looking towards the future. Systemic shortfalls in both the customs and immigration organisations, punctuated by several high-profile failings, were noted in the decade prior to the integration. Despite long and proud histories, neither organisation had adequately developed the capabilities or professionalisation in the workforce expected of a modern border-management organisation. Despite the turbulence of the integration and the reform effort, reduced resources, and increased operational tempo, the DIBP saw overall positive trends in performance during the period from 2014 to 2016. Shortly after the integration formally began, during the early phase of execution, difficulties with a loss of momentum regarding the reorganisation were observed. Corrective measures were implemented, including developing new metrics for assessing operational effectiveness and efficiency. The announced one-year timeline for integration was unrealistic; in many areas, the newly formed DIBP remains in the early stages of reform — an example is building a single DIBP culture, which will take much longer to achieve. More effort on capacity-building is required across the department; leadership visibility will be required to ensure continued momentum. Building a single DIBP culture (including workforce morale and professionalisation) remains the single biggest challenge for the DIBP. Achieving the full reform is at least three to five years away. Some officials commented that it could take a generation until the comprehensive change envisioned by the DIBP leadership is realised. Details: Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2016. 98p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed March 5, 2018 at: https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR1713.html Year: 2016 Country: Australia URL: https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR1713.html Shelf Number: 149315 Keywords: Border Control Border Security Customs Immigration Control |
Author: Gerstein, Daniel M. Title: Looking to the Future of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP): Assessment of the Consolidation of the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (ACBPS) and the DIBP (2016-2017) Summary: In 2016, RAND Corporation conducted an evaluation of the newly integrated Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP). This report, requested by the DIBP, presents a second, follow-on evaluation with two thrusts: to update the previous analysis and identify lessons for continued DIBP reform, and to inform the upcoming transition to an Australian Department of Home Affairs (HA). Interviews with senior leaders and documents dating to 2005 provide the foundation for judgments and findings in this report, concentrating on changes during the period 2016-2017 and ongoing and planned efforts by DIBP as part of future reform. Analysis focuses on: (1) intelligence, (2) investigations, (3) detention, (4) integrity and corruption, and (5) learning and development. This report finds that (1) previous DIBP progress toward integration and reform has continued, although uneven across the department, and many goals remain a work in progress, (2) lessons and insights applicable to the formation of the soon-to-be-established HA have been learned; and (3) other organisational transformations by similar organisations identify insights and pitfalls for the establishment of HA. Overall, progress has been made in building a modern border management capability for Australia, though more work remains. The foundations of the DIBP are solid and can serve as a basis for the establishment of HA. Key Findings DIBP Progress Toward Integration and Reform Noted, Although Uneven Across Five Areas of Analysis Resource reductions hindered development in some areas. Aggressive integration timelines outpaced organizational capacity. Intelligence made the most progress, with shortfalls in technical areas and use of intelligence to develop enforcement priorities. Detention made progress, particularly in key policies and in closures of facilities. Investigations show improvement from both internal and external perspectives. However, both were underfunded, hindering timeliness of investigations and resolution of cases. Progress was made in integrity and anti-corruption, but this area requires continued emphasis. L&D made the least progress of the five areas. Lessons and Insights Learned as DIBP Forms the Soon-To-Be-Established HA ECM functions are a year behind POI functions. This is important going into the establishment of HA, where DIBP will likely serve as the receiving organisation for the new department. Managers with the correct authorities, experience, and leadership skills must in charge of reform initiatives. The pace of change may strain the ability of the organisation and staff to keep up. Key skill sets are missing among staff. Unrealistic integration and reform timelines result in overpromising and underdelivering. HA establishment will require deconfliction between the agencies being integrated. POI and ECM areas should receive equal attention from leadership. Senior leader turbulence - staff turnover - should be avoided; this slows momentum and destabilises staff. L&D should receive appropriate attention from the onset. Expenditures will be necessary to assist building new institutions for HA. Early savings turn into a self-defeating proposition. Details: Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2018. 134p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed July 30, 2018 at: https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR2262.html Year: 2018 Country: International URL: https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR2262.html Shelf Number: 150946 Keywords: Border Control Border Security Customs Immigration Control |