Border Force
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| Founded | March 1 |
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| 2012 | |
| Number of employees | 7,500 |
| Jurisdiction | United Kingdom |
| Predecessor | UK Border Agency |
| Agency executive | Paul Lincoln, Director General |
| Parent agency | Home Office |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 2170498 |
About Border Force
Border Force is a part of the Home Office, responsible for frontline border control operations at air, sea and rail ports in the United Kingdom.
Suella Braverman's letter to Rishi Sunak in full
... I want to thank all of those civil servants, police, Border Force officers and security professionals with whom I have worked and whose dedication to public safety is exemplary...
Channel deaths: Government orders inquiry into mass drowning
... It said that might have contributed to the wrong assumption that people on board the boat had been rescued by the Border Force...
Plan for 40% of train services to run during strikes
... The legislation will also apply to Border Force employees and some Passport Office staff in England, Wales and Scotland...
Significant quantity of drugs found off Dorset coast
... Border Force and Hampshire Police are supporting the investigation...
Train drivers strikes could continue in to Christmas, as fresh disruption begins
... Several industries have taken strike action since summer 2022, including nursing, Border Force staff, doctors and driving instructors...
Escaped prisoner Daniel Khalife still on the run
... Even before the Met went public, queues were building at airports and ports after Border Force staff were instructed to put tighter security measures in place...
Chris Mason: Questions over how prisoner managed to escape
... The decisions that came next followed established procedures and were taken not by ministers, but by others: police forces around the country sharing information, and Border Force being told about Daniel Abed Khalife in case he was was trying to flee the country...
We can avoid flight chaos in future, says air traffic boss
... After chairing a meeting between Nats, the CAA, airlines, airports, trade bodies and Border Force, Transport Secretary Mark Harper said on Tuesday that knock-on effects of the disruption were likely to continue over the coming days...
Birmingham Airport: 'Chaos' as travellers face long queues
Thousands of travellers have faced hours of long queues at Birmingham Airport .
Passengers described The Situation as " absolute chaos" and " manic" as lines snaked outside of The Airport terminal.
Birmingham Airport admitted queues were long on Monday, but said they were " managed and moving".
Travellers at Manchester Airport have also reported long queues on Social Media . Bosses there have previously blamed Staff shortages.
Birmingham Airport said the decision was taken to run queues for security outside the Terminal Building to prevent those becoming " tangled" with check-in queues.
The Scenes come just over two months before Birmingham hosts the 2022 Commonwealth Games , with More Than one million spectators expected at events across the region.
Speaking on Monday, one traveller said it took her " two hours to get through check-in and security".
Another said they feared missing their flight due to a " lack of management".
Birmingham Airport said it was expecting 15,000 passengers on Monday, but half of those were booked on flights departing around its " busy dawn peak".
Long queues have become a regular feature in recent weeks at several airports, including Manchester, Heathrow and Stansted.
A Number of factors have been blamed, including Staff shortages, a lack of Border Force officials and the spike in demand for travel as Covid-19 restrictions were lifted in the UK and further afield.
With the disruption over the Easter holidays largely blamed on Staff shortages, airports insist new recruits - Such as security Staff - Are starting to come through The System .
And a law change aimed at speeding up The Process should come into effect later this month.
But the fact we're still seeing queue flare-ups in some places, shows the issues caused by the workforce crunch cannot be solved overnight.
The industry will be hoping that things become smoother by the summer holidays.
Aviation businesses desperately need a successful peak Season - and do not want passengers to be put off booking by pictures of lengthy queues.
Birmingham Airport said although 43% of its Staff were made redundant during the pandemic, it had started a recruitment Drive In November and extra security officers were expected to be on duty soon after completing training.
It emerged over the weekend that easyJet is removing six seats from about 50 of its aircraft to enable it to operate them with three members of Cabin Crew rather than four, as the airline battles a shortage of Staff .
Source of news: bbc.com
