Home Office haunted by 25-year-old asylum system
Briefly

The article discusses the ongoing challenges faced by the UK Home Office in decommissioning its outdated 25-year-old Casework Information Database (CID), which hampers the effectiveness of the new Atlas immigration case management system. Although migration to the Atlas system has begun, key operations still depend on the legacy system, preventing the realization of its full benefits. Political tensions surround asylum processing, with rising case numbers leading to public unrest, particularly from far-right groups. Recent reports have criticized the Home Office's delays and overestimations related to tech migration, emphasizing the need for timely reforms in dealing with asylum claims.
The Home Office's failure to decommission the legacy 25-year-old case management system continues to hinder the effectiveness of new IT systems designed for asylum claim processing.
The Infrastructure and Projects Authority's recent report highlights the delays in migrating away from the old system, adversely affecting the new Atlas immigration casework system.
Read at Theregister
[
|
]