Guidance

Immigration Act: part 6 - border security

Part 6 of the Immigration Act concerns border security.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration and Home Office
• Published: 17 September 2015
• Last updated: 12 July 2016
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  1. 12 July 2016

     New Immigration Act factsheet on border security.

  2. 9 December 2015

     Updated factsheet.

  3. 17 September 2015

     First published.

Documents

Border security: factsheet

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Details

Part 6 of the act strengthens our borders by:

• giving Border Force new powers to target people smugglers in UK territorial waters
• ensuring that airlines and airports present arriving passengers to the immigration control
• ensuring that international travel bans are automatically applied