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...
Border Force intercepts 'hundreds of migrants' in Channel
The Border Force has intercepted several groups of migrants in the English Channel .
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) would not reveal the numbers involved until Monday, But people who count arrivals in Dover have told The Bbc they believe it was More Than 200.
The MoD said the government is addressing the issue by " cracking down on people smugglers".
It is believed to be the First Time there have been crossings in 11 days.
Some commentators have suggested was already acting as a deterrent - But The Weather has been windy in the Channel for The Past 11 days which is likely to have had a greater effect.
A spokesperson for the MoD said: " The Rise in dangerous Channel crossings is unacceptable.
" Not only are they an overt abuse of our immigration laws But they also impact on the UK taxpayer, risk lives and our ability to help refugees come to the UK via safe and legal routes. "
Last month the Prime Minister announced the MoD had now taken command of the operational response to small boats crossings in the Channel.
The government also announced plans to give some asylum seekers, who cross the Channel to the UK, a one-way ticket to Rwanda.
But the scheme was criticised as cruel by opposition parties, charities and The Church of England.
Source of news: bbc.com
