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...
UK Rwanda asylum plan against international law, says UN refugee agency
The UK's proposal to send some migrants who arrive in Britain on small boats to Rwanda is a breach of International Law , the UN's refugee agency has said.
The UNHCR called it a " troubling development" and said the UK was seeking to " shift responsibility".
The Pilot Scheme would see people sent to The East African country to claim asylum there.
Boris Johnson has said he believed the Scheme was " fully compliant" with International Law .
But he acknowledged he expected it to be subject to legal challenge in the courts and from a " formidable army of politically-motivated lawyers".
Home Secretary Priti Patel , who signed a £120m deal in the Rwandan capital of Kigali on Thursday, also said her department expected legal action But believed any claims could be successfully contested.
The government has said The First people could be flown to Rwanda within weeks as part of the Scheme - which would initially mainly Focus On Single Men who crossed the Channel in boats or lorries.
Gillian Triggs , an assistant secretary-general at the UNHCR, said The Agency strongly condemned " outsourcing" the responsibility of considering refugee status to Another Country .
Speaking to BBC Radio 4 's World At One programme, the former president of the Australian Human Rights Commission said such policies - as used in Australia - could be effective as a deterrent But there were " much more legally effective ways of achieving the same outcome".
" My point is, just as the Australian policy is an egregious breach of International Law and refugee law and Human Rights law, so too is this proposal by the United Kingdom government, " She Said .
Ms Triggs pointed out Israel had attempted to send Eritrean and Sudanese refugees to Rwanda, But they " simply left the country and started The Process all over again".
" In other words, it is not actually a long-term deterrent, " she added.
More Than 160 charities and campaign groups have, while The Major opposition parties have also hit out at it.
Launching the Scheme on Thursday, the Prime Minister said it would " save countless lives" and break The Business model of " vile people smugglers".
Mr Johnson said the agreement with Rwanda would provide " safe and legal routes for asylum" adding The British taxpayer could not " write a blank cheque" to cover the costs of anyone who might want to come To Live in the UK.
'Just another risk to factor in'By Jessica Parker , at A Camp in Dunkirk, northern France
No-one we initially spoke to yesterday seemed to know about the Rwanda announcement - But it wasn't long before word spread.
Soon a group of men was asking us lots of questions: " When will this happen? Why? If I come from Afghanistan will it still apply to me? "
Shafi, who told me he had fled Afghanistan, said: " [Rwanda] is a lot worse place than Afghanistan, there is No Future for us in Rwanda. "
But I didn't meet anyone Who Said the government's plans would prevent them from trying to cross the Channel, including Shafi, Who Said he had no choice.
Many of these men have already faced huge risks to get this far and are willing to risk their lives crossing the Channel on a small boat.
The Risk of being sent to Rwanda, at this stage, seemed like just another thing to factor in down The Line .
Many lawyers have warned The Plan would face legal hurdles, with many likely to come under The International principle of non-refoulement - which guarantees no-one can be returned to a country where they would face irreparable harm.
Ms Patel said The British public had been " crying out for change for years" and it was " incredibly unfair to The British public to see organisations in their own country effectively just putting blockages after blockages in the way".
The Announcement came as part of a broader strategy to reduce The Number of people entering the UK by crossing the Channel in small boats.
The Royal Navy has taken operational command of the Channel from UK Border Force in an effort to detect every boat headed to the UK.
Some 562 people on 14 boats made The Journey on The Day the new Scheme was announced, according to the Ministry of Defence. No-one making The Crossing was believed to have arrived on UK soil " on their own terms" it added.
Last Year , 28,526 people made The Crossing , up from 8,404 in 2020.
Two further crossings were recorded on Friday morning despite thick fog, The Bbc 's Simon Jones said.
Concerns have also been raised about Rwanda's Human Rights record, although Mr Johnson described Rwanda As One of the safest countries in The World .
Last Year , the UK government expressed concern at the United Nations over " continued restrictions to civil and political rights and media freedom" in Rwanda.
But justice and migration minister Tom Pursglove said Rwanda was a progressive country that wanted to provide sanctuary and had made " huge strides forward" in The Past three decades.
Source of news: bbc.com