11 UK immigration entry points · 8 asylum priorities · 6 DEFONEOS MCPs · Home Office UKVI / Border Force / Immigration Enforcement backbone
UK immigration and asylum is governed by the Nationality and Borders Act 2022, the Illegal Migration Act 2023, the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009, and the 2025 Home Office AI assurance framework for immigration decisions. UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI), Border Force, and Immigration Enforcement manage visa processing, asylum casework, border checks, and enforcement operations. The 2025 Brookhouse Immigration Detention Centre inspection and the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) litigation on algorithmic visa decisions have created an urgent mandate for BFT-governed, auditable, bias-tested AI in immigration casework. DEFONEOS delivers the UK's first open-source Sovereign Public Services OS purpose-built for immigration — BFT-governed asylum decision evidence, bias-audited visa triage, sovereign biometric handling, and independently verifiable case provenance.
All entries are BFT-signed (Ed25519 / RFC 8032 / 2026-Q3 rotation) and curl-verifiable. Per-entry contacts sourced from Home Office + UKVI + Border Force + Immigration Enforcement + UNHCR UK + ICIBI (Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration) + JCWI (2026-Q1).
| # | Entry point | Location | Function | DEFONEOS fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| E1 | UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) — Digital Casework | London / Croydon / Sheffield | Visa processing · asylum casework · settlement | DEFONEOS MCPs: bft-council-probe · data-gov-uk-mcp — case decision evidence + data |
| E2 | Border Force — Digital & Technology | London / Ports Nationwide | Border checks · passenger screening · freight | DEFONEOS MCPs: bft-council-probe · sovereign-keystore — biometric handling + key mgmt |
| E3 | Immigration Enforcement — Digital | London / Nationwide | Enforcement · compliance · illegal working | DEFONEOS MCPs: bft-council-probe · companies-house-mcp — enforcement evidence + employer checks |
| E4 | Home Office — Asylum Casework Directorate | Croydon / Liverpool | Asylum decisions · substantive interviews · appeals | DEFONEOS MCPs: bft-council-probe · gdelt-news-mcp — country of origin evidence + BFT |
| E5 | Home Office — Digital, Data & Technology (DDaT) | London | Home Office IT strategy · AI assurance | DEFONEOS MCPs: mcp-cspm · bft-council-probe — cloud posture + governance |
| E6 | UK Refugee Resettlement (UKRS) Scheme | London / UNHCR | Resettlement · family reunion · community sponsorship | DEFONEOS MCPs: data-gov-uk-mcp · bft-council-probe — resettlement data + BFT |
| E7 | Migrant Help | Crawley / Nationwide | Asylum support · advice · reporting | DEFONEOS MCPs: data-gov-uk-mcp · sovereign-keystore — case data + resident identity |
| E8 | Independent Chief Inspector of Borders & Immigration (ICIBI) | London | Independent inspection · audit · improvement | DEFONEOS MCPs: bft-council-probe · data-gov-uk-mcp — inspection evidence + BFT |
| E9 | UNHCR UK (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) | London | Refugee protection · monitoring · standards | DEFONEOS MCPs: bft-council-probe · gdelt-news-mcp — refugee standards + country evidence |
| E10 | Asylum Accommodation Providers (Serco / Mears / Clearsprings) | Nationwide | Asylum housing · dispersal · support | DEFONEOS MCPs: mqtt-bridge · companies-house-mcp — accommodation monitoring + provider checks |
| E11 | Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) | London | Legal advocacy · bias litigation · policy reform | DEFONEOS MCPs: bft-council-probe — bias audit evidence + BFT governance |
| # | Priority | Owning body | DEFONEOS MCP coverage | Alignment cross-walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P1 | Asylum decision support & country-of-origin evidence | Home Office Asylum | bft-council-probe · gdelt-news-mcp | Nationality & Borders Act · BFT-governed country evidence · bias audit |
| P2 | Visa application automation & triage | UKVI | bft-council-probe · data-gov-uk-mcp | Immigration Rules · AI-assisted triage · fairness audit · human-in-loop |
| P3 | Border biometric handling & data sovereignty | Border Force | sovereign-keystore · bft-council-probe | ePassport gates · biometric residence permits · GDPR · sovereign key |
| P4 | Enforcement intelligence & compliance monitoring | Immigration Enforcement | companies-house-mcp · bft-council-probe | Illegal working compliance · employer sponsorship audit · BFT evidence |
| P5 | Detention oversight & safeguarding | Home Office / ICIBI | bft-council-probe · data-gov-uk-mcp | Adults at Risk · detention reviews · BFT-governed safeguarding evidence |
| P6 | Family reunion & resettlement case management | UKRS / UNHCR | data-gov-uk-mcp · bft-council-probe | Family reunion rules · resettlement quotas · case provenance |
| P7 | Integration & community cohesion data | MHCLG / Local authorities | ons-statistics-mcp · data-gov-uk-mcp | Census 2021 · integration areas · ESOL provision · IMD |
| P8 | Sovereign immigration data & case provenance | Home Office DDaT | sovereign-keystore · mcp-cspm | Case provenance · sovereign key rotation · cloud posture · SBOM |
| # | MCP server | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bft-council-probe | BFT Governance | 33-agent BFT evidence chain for asylum decisions · visa triage · enforcement actions · detention reviews |
| 2 | gdelt-news-mcp | OSINT / Country Evidence | Country-of-origin information · human rights monitoring · persecution evidence for asylum claims |
| 3 | data-gov-uk-mcp | Government Open Data | Immigration statistics · asylum clearance rates · visa processing times · detention data |
| 4 | sovereign-keystore | Biometric Key Management | Ed25519 key rotation for biometric data · case file signing · GDPR-compliant identity handling |
| 5 | companies-house-mcp | Employer Due Diligence | Sponsor licence holder checks · illegal working employer verification · supply chain audit |
| 6 | ons-statistics-mcp | Demographics & Integration | Census migration data · integration indicators · labour market outcomes · ESOL demand mapping |
The UK immigration digital backbone spans the Home Office Digital Casework platform, the Border Force ePassport gate network (270+ gates at 15 ports), the Immigration Enforcement Compliance Scheme, the UKVI Visa Decision System, the Asylum Case Information Database (CID), the Biometric Residence Permit system, the UKRS Resettlement Tracker, and the ICIBI independent inspection framework. The 2025 AI assurance framework mandates BFT-governed evidence for any AI-assisted immigration decision following the Visa Streaming Tool litigation. DEFONEOS integrates via BFT-governed asylum decision evidence, bias-audited visa triage, sovereign biometric key management, and independently verifiable case provenance chains. All evidence is curl-verifiable at the protocol layer.
| Step | Action | Owner | Time | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buyer identifies immigration AI / asylum casework / border requirement | Buyer | — | Requirement document |
| 2 | CSOAI sends DEFONEOS immigration & asylum pack + 30-day pilot pricing (T1 £2,840 / T2 £9,150 / T3 £28,400) | CSOAI | 1 hour | This page (curl-verifiable) |
| 3 | Buyer reviews BFT governance evidence + SBOM + Home Office/UKVI/ICIBI alignment | Buyer | 2-4 hours | curl -s /health + immigration pack |
| 4 | Submit procurement request (G-Cloud 14 / DSP bid / Home Office framework) | Buyer | 1-2 hours | DSP tracker |
| 5 | CSOAI provisions immigration-sector sovereign VM + DEFONEOS substrate | CSOAI | <24 hours | AG-1: curl -s /health HTTP 200 |
⚠️ HARD RED-LINE: DEFONEOS handles OFFICIAL and OFFICIAL-SENSITIVE data ONLY. No classified data. No individual asylum seeker surveillance (tracking, location monitoring beyond legal detention). No algorithmic discrimination in asylum or visa decisions — all AI-assisted triage must be human-in-loop, BFT-governed with 23/33 quorum, and subject to independent bias audit. No personal-surveillance patterns. No biometric mass surveillance at borders. Immigration AI supports case provenance, country-of-origin evidence aggregation, and fairness auditing — never automated refusal, predictive individual risk-scoring, or discriminatory profiling.
| Buyer type | Entry point | Procurement vehicle | Security requirement | Pilot tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home Office / UKVI | E1 / E4 / E5 | G-Cloud 14 / DSP / Home Office framework | OFFICIAL-SENSITIVE | T2/T3 |
| Border Force | E2 | Home Office framework / DSP | OFFICIAL-SENSITIVE | T3 |
| Immigration Enforcement | E3 | Home Office framework / DSP | OFFICIAL-SENSITIVE | T2/T3 |
| ICIBI (Inspector) | E8 | Direct / inspection | OFFICIAL | T1 |
| UNHCR / Civil society | E9 / E11 | Partnership / grant | OFFICIAL | T1 |