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...
Novak Djokovic saga: Australia investigates visas of other tennis players
Australia has said it is investigating the visas of other foreign tennis players, after detaining Novak Djokovic in a chaotic vaccine row.
The Men 's world Number One remains in immigration detention in Melbourne and is facing deportation after his entry to the country was denied on Wednesday.
He has launched an urgent court challenge to be heard on Monday, a week before the Australian Open begins.
Now more uncertainty surrounds The Tournament schedule.
In an interview, Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews said there was intelligence to " indicate there are some individuals here now that have not met the entry requirements and we have to investigate that, " she told Channel 9 on Friday.
However, she did not say how many other players were under investigation or who they were.
Djokovic, had been granted a medical exemption to play in The Tournament for unspecified reasons, a decision that infuriated many Australians.
The exemption was given by two independent medical panels organised by Tennis Australia, The Body that runs The Event , and Victoria state, tournament organisers said.
But on Wednesday, Australian Border Force (ABF) officials said the 34-year-old Serbian player had " failed to provide appropriate evidence" at Melbourne Airport .
" If he hasn't filled out the forms appropriately then he's taking the sovereign capacity of another nation for a joke, " Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce .
"100% someone's made a mistake and if he hasn't told The Truth then the person who's made the mistake is Mr Djokovic. "
The federal government has criticised Tennis Australia for ignoring ABF advice about the requirements for entry. On Friday, Victoria said Tennis Australia had also failed to pass on this advice.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison is also being accused of politicising the issue. The Prime Minister himself is Under Pressure amid The Surge of Covid-19 infections in the country, and a federal election is likely to be held in May.
The row prompted Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic to say Djokovic was a victim of " harassment" and that " the whole of Serbia" supported him.
Mr Morrison has denied The Visa cancellation was because of " any particular position in relation to Serbia".
It is not yet clear how long Djokovic will remain in by refugees for its poor conditions.
Djokovic's wife, Jelena, thanked people " all around The World for using your voice to send love To My husband".
The Player 's father, Srdjan, said his son had been held in a room guarded by police at The Airport , adding that it was " not just a fight for Novak, but a fight for the whole world".
But others such as Spanish tennis start Rafael Nadal , who is in Melbourne to prepare for The Tournament , said it was " normal" for Australians to get " very frustrated with the case".
" The only for me clear thing is if you are vaccinated, you can play in the Australian Open , " He Said , adding: " Of course after a lot of people had been dying for two years, my feeling is [that] the vaccine is the only way to stop this pandemic. "
The Australian Open begins on 17 January. Djokovic has previously won The Tournament nine times.
Source of news: bbc.com
