To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the training module developed for asylum caseworkers has been fully implemented.
Answered on
3 February 2017
Asylum Operations recently received funding from the Asylum Migration and Integration Fund to review and redevelop its training prospectus.
The current training for asylum decision making staff involves a dedicated five week course (or ‘Foundation Training Programme’) which covers Asylum legislation, the Refugee Convention, Human Rights law, UK Immigration Rules and legislation, as well as training on conducting asylum interviews and decisions.
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