1A
Safety and health
Identify urgent medical, mental-health, disability, trafficking, pregnancy, child and family concerns.
Proposed pathway
The immigration standards and integration scaffold
A conceptual sequence around the individual: reception, assessment, communication, orientation, lawful participation, review and case resolution.
01
Stage one
Reception and immediate protection
1B
Identity and route
Use lawful procedures to establish identity, record arrival information and identify the applicable immigration or protection process.
1C
Understandable information
Provide interpretation, written information and access to independent legal advice or authorised representation.
02
Stage two
Individual standards plan
Each person would receive a dated case plan recording legal route, appointments, conditions, accommodation, work status, language needs, safeguarding referrals, contact channels and review points.
The plan should distinguish requirements imposed by law from voluntary support. It should not predetermine the outcome of an asylum, human-rights, removal or deportation decision.
03
Stage three
Orientation and communication capability
English assessment
Offer appropriate ESOL routes and account for literacy, disability, trauma and different starting levels.
Law and rights
Explain core legal duties, protection rights, policing, healthcare, education, tax, employment and safeguarding.
Public services
Provide practical information about transport, appointments, housing, digital access and emergency routes.
Communication code
Teach how official messages, appointments, deadlines, complaints and private information should be handled.
Conflict and safety
Set clear expectations against violence, harassment, exploitation, hate crime and intimidation by any party.
Personal objectives
Record achievable goals, barriers, referrals and agreed review dates with the individual.
04
Stage four
Skills, lawful work preparation and participation
Employment can support income, language development and social connection, but it must be lawful. A person seeking asylum may work only where current rules and permission allow it.
The pathway could include skills mapping, qualification recognition, digital training, career advice, English learning, lawful volunteering and preparation for future employment. Paid work must comply with immigration permission, employment rights, wages, health and safety and anti-exploitation protections.
Rejected concept: using migrants as “money-free employees” for jobs others do not want. That would create serious forced-labour, wage, equality, safeguarding and exploitation risks.
05
Stage five
Review and proportionate response
- Case progress: legal milestones, appointment attendance, referrals, barriers and outstanding decisions.
- Wellbeing: health, safeguarding, accommodation stability and access to essential services.
- Capability: English progress, qualifications, digital access and employment readiness.
- Conduct: verified breaches, victimisation, complaints and responses—without treating allegations as established fact.
- Participation: education, lawful volunteering, employment where permitted and community contact.
- System performance: cost, delay, communication failures, appeals, overturned decisions and unequal outcomes.
06
Stage six
Lawful case resolution
A final outcome could include grant of protection or other permission, transition to mainstream services, a further application or appeal, voluntary return, administrative removal or deportation where the legal test is met.
The pathway itself must not manufacture removal grounds. Non-participation may be relevant only where existing law makes particular conduct relevant and the person has received proper process, evidence, reasons and any applicable review or appeal rights.