Expedited immigration and asylum appeals for detained appellants

The government is consulting on proposals for an expedited appeals process for detained immigration and asylum appellants. Any new process needs to balance speed and efficiency with accessibility and fairness.

The key proposals in this consultation are:

• that there needs to be new dedicated rules for detained appellants within the principal rules
• to apply the expedited appeals process to all appellants detained in Immigration Removal Centres or prison who appeal a Home Office immigration decision
• a suggested revised timescale from the point of the Home Office decision to the appeal being determined
• whether there should be a case management review stage in the appeal process
• the government should charge a fee to bring an appeal.

Tribunal rules are made by the Tribunal Procedure Committee (TPC) and this consultation looks at what the policy behind new rules should be.