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...
We can avoid flight chaos in future, says air traffic boss
By Katy Austin & Sam HancockBBC News
The flight chaos caused by a Data processing glitch should not happen again, Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='4015468'>The Head of National Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='4015468'>Air Traffic Services has said.
Martin Rolfe told Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='4015468'>The Bbc that measures were in place to protect against The " incredibly rare" Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='4015468'>System failure which has left hundreds of Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='4015468'>Flights cancelled.
" If that happens again, we can resolve it very, very quickly, " Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='4015468'>He Said .
Passengers have been left stranded abroad and in The UK, and The backlog is expected to cause continued delays.
Explaining Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='4015468'>What Happened in detail, Mr Rolfe said Nats received millions of flight Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='4015468'>Plans - which document The planned movements of Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='4015468'>Aircraft - every year.
But on Monday, it received Data that it could not process.
Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='4015468'>He Said Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='4015468'>The Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='4015468'>System was designed to " fail safely" if this happened, to make sure erroneous information could not be passed on to Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='4015468'>Air Traffic controllers.
This caused Nats to revert to a manual Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='4015468'>System - Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='4015468'>Meaning fewer Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='4015468'>Flights could be handled.
Mr Rolfe apologised to those affected, insisting he was confident Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='4015468'>The Situation would not arise in The same way again.
" We understand Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='4015468'>The Way Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='4015468'>The Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='4015468'>System didn't handle The Data . . Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='4015468'>The Way it failed, if you like, " Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='4015468'>He Said .
He added that procedures had already been put in place to make sure The error could be solved quickly were it to arise again.
Nats remedied The fault around Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='4015468'>Three Hours after announcing it just before midday on Monday, but widespread disruption had already occurred in that time.
Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='4015468'>The Incident will be investigated by The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). Nats has confirmed there were no signs The failure was caused by a cyber-attack.
After chairing a meeting between Nats, The CAA, airlines, airports, trade bodies and Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='4015468'>Border Force , Transport Secretary Data -tip='kisi' Data -kimlik='4015468'>Mark Harper said on Tuesday that knock-on effects of The disruption were likely to continue over Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='4015468'>The Coming days.
He advised anyone due to travel in that time to check with airlines before heading to Data -tip='kisi' Data -kimlik='4015468'>The Airport .
In its latest statement, EasyJet offered to put on extra Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='4015468'>Flights to help bring people back to The UK. Data -tip='kisi' Data -kimlik='4015468'>The Boss of Ryanair, meanwhile, said it had had to cancel about 250 Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='4015468'>Flights already, affecting around 40,000 passengers.
One such passenger, Sarah Skellern, she and her family were forced to sleep on The floor of Palma de Mallorca Airport, Spain, after waiting on a Jet2 Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='4015468'>Aircraft for six hours before it was cancelled.
Mrs Skellern, from near Preston, Lancashire, described " absolute chaos" at Palma de Mallorca Airport. She and her family eventually got a flight home Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='4015468'>The Next day.
Analysis of flight Data websites showed at least 281 Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='4015468'>Flights - including departures and arrivals - were cancelled on Tuesday at The UK's six busiest airports.
This consisted of 75 at Gatwick, 74 at Heathrow, 63 at Manchester, 28 at Stansted, 23 at Luton and 18 at Edinburgh.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
