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Border Force

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FoundedMarch 1
2012
Number of employees7,500
Jurisdiction United Kingdom
PredecessorUK Border Agency
Agency executivePaul Lincoln, Director General
Parent agency Home Office
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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

Suella Braverman's letter to Rishi Sunak in full
Nov 14,2023 12:51 pm

... 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

Channel deaths: Government orders inquiry into mass drowning
Nov 8,2023 7:41 pm

... 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

Plan for 40% of train services to run during strikes
Nov 6,2023 2:41 pm

... 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

Significant quantity of drugs found off Dorset coast
Oct 8,2023 9:40 am

... Border Force and Hampshire Police are supporting the investigation...

Train drivers strikes could continue in to Christmas, as fresh disruption begins

Train drivers strikes could continue in to Christmas, as fresh disruption begins
Sep 28,2023 8:51 pm

... 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

Escaped prisoner Daniel Khalife still on the run
Sep 7,2023 12:01 pm

... 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

Chris Mason: Questions over how prisoner managed to escape
Sep 7,2023 3:31 am

... 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

We can avoid flight chaos in future, says air traffic boss
Aug 30,2023 12:21 am

... 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...

Warning travel problems could continue into summer

Aug 24,2023 10:41 pm

Worker shortages mean airports and ports are facing a " very difficult summer" a border staff union has said.

Lucy Moreton, from the Immigration Services Union, warned that Border Force was " catastrophically under-staffed" and that it took nearly a year to fully train new officers.

Meanwhile, one aviation recruitment expert said it would take at least 12 Months for shortages to settle down.

Some travellers have seen long queues and cancellations over Easter.

The travel industry cut thousands of jobs during the pandemic, but as demand for flights has returned, it has struggled to recruit, carry out security checks and train new staff quickly enough.

" For the First Time in living memory, Border Force is no longer attracting enough candidates to fill the vacancies that they've got, " Ms Moreton told The Bbc .

" Combined with the fact it takes nearly a year to fully train a Border Force officer, we're going into not just this summer but this weekend catastrophically under-staffed, with people beginning to travel again. "

While She Said it was right that no corners were cut with training and security clearances, Ms Moreton said more resources would help.

She Said cash incentives were being offered for working shifts at London's Heathrow Airport , while staff from Scotland and Northern Ireland were also being brought down to provide cover.

However, she added: " This is a very expensive proposition that resourcing it properly in the First Place would have avoided. "

The Aviation Recruitment Network, which is working with airports including Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted and Manchester, said it currently had More Than 300 live vacancies - a record for This Time of year.

Kully Sandhu, the organisation's Managing Director , told The Bbc he believed it would take at least 12 Months for recruitment problems to be resolved.

" Brexit has not helped with the issues we're facing at The Moment because we had a natural attraction of individuals from the European market who would apply for vacancies within UK airports, " he told The Bbc .

" We no longer have that talent pool to recruit from and We Are relying on individuals within the UK. "

Last week, Ken O'Toole, The Deputy chief executive of Manchester Airports Group, said staff shortages meant long queues at security could continue for four to Six Weeks .

Meanwhile, airlines have been hit by Covid-related absences, with EasyJet and British Airways cancelling flights as a result.

EasyJet chief executive Johan Lundgren said delays in processing security checks for new airline crew were also contributing to flight cancellations.

He Said the airline was waiting for The Department for Transport to give permission for around 100 new members of staff to start work.

However, The Company said it had flown 94% of its planned schedule in The Past Seven Days , with around 1,500 flights A Day - four times higher than This Time Last Year .

It added that cancellations had been made as early as possible to enable the majority of customers to rebook onto flights departing the same Day .

EasyJet said it was seeing strong demand, with summer bookings over The Past Six Weeks above pre-pandemic levels.



Source of news: bbc.com

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