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THE Home Office came under fire yesterday for huge delays and blunders in immigration cases.
More than two-thirds of complaints against the department and its agencies were upheld by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman last year.
In 2014-15, 158 complaints were investigated about the Home Office, Border Force, UK Visas and Immigration, and Immigration Enforcement.
And some 69 per cent were upheld — over double the public-sector average.
Ombudsman Julie Mellor said: “Too many people’s lives have been put on hold for years by the Home Office because of delays and poor decisions.
“We have seen far too many cases where people have been separated from their loved ones, unable to work and where their children have been denied access to education.”
