Extract from Lords debate on the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme
Friday, 8 June 2018 08:55
Debate in the House of Lords on the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement
Scheme. The motion was moved by Lord Scriven. Extract
4.11 pm Lord Ramsbotham (CB)...I shall not go through every
disappointing dealing with the immigration department of the Home
Office, which the noble Lord, Lord Reid, when he was Home
Secretary, dubbed as “not fit for purpose”, except to mention two
which are germane to this debate. In 2012, I chaired an independent
inquiry into the unlawful killing...Request free trial
Debate in the House of Lords on the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement
Scheme. The motion was moved by .
Extract
4.11 pm (CB)...I shall not go
through every disappointing dealing with the immigration department
of the Home Office, which the noble Lord, Lord Reid, when he was
Home Secretary, dubbed as “not fit for purpose”, except to mention
two which are germane to this debate. In 2012, I chaired an
independent inquiry into the unlawful killing by G4S escorts on an aircraft at Heathrow of
Jimmy Mubenga, an Angolan whose removal they were enforcing. During
this inquiry, in which I again invited a senior Home Office
official to attend every meeting, we became extremely concerned
about the poor quality of casework, including the lack of
supervision. We made a number of recommendations, none of which has
been actioned, designed to improve the whole process of enforced
removal. The fact that I had so many knowledgeable experts on my
panel, and that all our evidence was carefully documented, was
studiously ignored by the Home Office.
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