Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025
These documents relate to the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill which received Royal Assent on 2 December 2025.
The Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act creates a framework of new, enhanced powers and offences to improve UK border security and to strengthen the asylum and immigration system.
The Act will:
- deter irregular migration to the UK and reduce small boat crossings and loss of life in the Channel through the provision of new powers and data-sharing arrangements
- establish the framework for the Border Security Command to provide systems leadership for border security
- strengthen the UK’s wider immigration and asylum system, protect it against abuse, and rebuild public confidence in the UK migration and borders system
The Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act in Parliament.
Bill factsheets
Impact assessments
Updates to this page
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Link to page on EIA for the new act added.
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Updated to reflect enactment.
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Equality impact assessment published.
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First published.