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 |
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| 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...
Djokovic thanks Serbian president for support amid Covid test doubts
Novak Djokovic has thanked the Serbian president for his support during his legal challenge to play at the Australian Open .
The tennis star's visa was cancelled and he was deported due to Australia's strict vaccination rules.
Djokovic said that he " never felt alone" while in detention thanks to support from around The World .
Serbian officials also hit back at claims The Player submitted falsified Covid Test results.
" I Am very grateful for your acts that also put you in a troubling political position in International Relations , " Djokovic told President Aleksandar Vucic on Friday.
" I will remember that for a long time. "
" My ties to the Serbian people are getting stronger Every Day and The Events in Australia showed The Connection will be even stronger, " He Said .
He added that he will give his " version of What Happened in Australia" within The Next 10 days.
Djokovic's attempt to enter Australia without being vaccinated stoked public anger.
He is not vaccinated, but had initially been granted an exemption due to a recent positive Covid Test .
The Australian Border Force detained him on 5 January for not meeting coronavirus requirements, and his visa was revoked. A judge then overturned that decision, only for Immigration Minister Alex Hawke to cancel Djokovic's visa on Public Health grounds.
His positive and negative Test certificates were published as part of the legal battle and
What are people questioning?Documents to Federal Court in Australia included two Covid (PCR) Test certificates, one with a positive result on 16 December And One with a negative result on 22 December.
A German research group called Zerforschung first picked up on the discrepancy that the earlier Test had a higher confirmation code than the later one.
They wrote a blog titled " " and partnered with German news site Der Spiegel .
Documents submitted to the Federal Court in Australia included one from the acting director of Serbia's official health body, confirming the dates on these certificates accurately reflected when the tests had been carried out.
The serial numbers on the documents were out of sequence with others collected from around the same period, The Bbc reported.
But Serbia's prosecutor's office said on Wednesday: " It was established that Novak Djokovic was tested multiple times and the. . Test results from December 16 and December 22 were valid. "
Source of news: bbc.com
