An independent review of nationality case work in the UK found cases where British citizenship was granted to applicants “who had very poor immigration histories over protracted periods of time, including during the qualifying period for naturalisation.”

The report also found that “(A)part from automated police and immigration checks, virtually no other checks were conducted to establish the good character of applicants who had applied to become naturalised as British citizens” and made 12 recommendations for improvement of existing procedures.  

Consult the full report ‘An Inspection of Nationality Case Work’ and read the news reports in BBC News and the Guardian.