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Data on the number of migrants detected crossing the English Channel in small boats without permission to enter the UK each day, from 1 January 2018.
Small boats data This page shows figures for the last 7 days for irregular…
Data on Border Force, UK Visas and Immigration, Immigration Enforcement and HM Passport Office performance.
New fines of up to £10,000 for international general aviation flights that do not submit advance passenger information online up to two hours before departure.
Submit a general aviation report (GAR) online if you are a pilot or carrier of a general aviation aircraft intending to travel to or from the UK.
Home Office responses to inspection reports by the Independent Chief Inspector.
Advice for avoiding delays at UK border control, including how to use ePassport gates.
HM Revenue and Customs and Border Force's refreshed strategy to tackle illicit tobacco.
Data on UK Visas and Immigration sponsorship activities.
Data on UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) customer service operations.
Data on Border Force activities.
Working arrangement with Frontex which provides a long-term framework for closer cooperation to tackle illegal migration.
Use this checklist to help secure your vehicle to stop people using it to enter the UK illegally.
A people smuggler has been jailed after smuggling migrants, including a child, towards the UK.
Form to apply for Border Force’s civil penalty accreditation scheme for hauliers.
Guidance and forms for Tobacco Products Duty. Including rates, importing, moving and storing goods, payments and reliefs.
A people smuggler has been jailed for conspiring to bring 16 Albanian migrants to the UK with fake EU passports and fraudulent airline bookings.
A list of road haulage companies that are members of a scheme to reduce the risk of illegal migrants hiding in their vehicles.
Border Force have made the highest number of illegal drug seizures since records began, as action at the border helps stop illegal drugs reaching the country.
This leaflet tells you about going through Customs when entering the UK.
Border Force seized almost one million items of counterfeit goods worth nearly £200 million in 2023, with fake electricals targeted in the run-up to Christmas.
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