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...
Channel migrant boats: Ministers drop plans to turn back vessels
The UK government has dropped plans to Turn Back people crossing the English Channel just over a week before they were due to be challenged In Court .
Campaigners say the policy, which would allow Border Force patrols to intercept boats and take them back to France, is inhumane and a risk to life.
The PCS civil servants' union called the government's change of mind a " humiliating climbdown".
But the Home Office said ministers were " unified" in wanting to stop crossings.
The government has dropped the policy ahead of The High Court challenge, meaning the so-called " pushback" tactics are not currently in use.
The PCS and The Campaign groups Care4Calais, Channel Rescue and Freedom from Torture have argued that the Border Force does not have the legal authority to push the vessels back, and that doing so would infringe on Migrants ' Human Rights .
Following the Home Office 's decision, they have now withdrawn their judicial review claims, which had been due to be heard on 3 May.
PCS General Secretary Mark Serwotka said: " This humiliating climbdown by the government is a stunning victory for Home Office workers and for refugees.
" PCS is proud to have brought this legal action alongside refugee groups in order to prevent this morally reprehensible and utterly inhumane proposal from ever seeing The Light of day. There is little doubt that lives have been saved. "
But a Home Office spokesperson said: " The entire government is united in our efforts to prevent these lethal crossings and break The Business model of The Criminal gangs exploiting people.
" It is right that we consider all safe and legal options to stop these unnecessary journeys, including turning boats around. "
They added: " As we have set out previously, this tactic fully complies with both domestic and International Law . However, there are extremely limited circumstances when you can safely turn boats back in the English Channel . "
Last Year , the government authorised Border Force officials to use the tactic of turning back boats containing Migrants - But only in limited circumstances.
Source of news: bbc.com
