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Guidance for leaders of school parties and other groups crossing the UK border on a coach or bus.
How to check for people trying to hide in your vehicle or trailer, and make your vehicle secure, so that you comply with the clandestine entrant penalty scheme.
We use a fleet of patrol boats, known as 'cutters', to protect UK waters.
This Border Force privacy information notice explains how we look after your information and why we use it.
Information for carriers operating or intending to operate in the UK.
Project Kraken is a joint law enforcement operation tackling maritime border crime.
Guidance for staff taking part in Operation Limelight, a multi-agency safeguarding operation at the UK border responding to female genital mutilation.
Guidance on how to pay a fine, for drivers, companies and operators who have been fined for carrying clandestine entrants in their vehicle.
Detector dogs are an essential tool in our efforts to combat and deter smugglers and those seeking to avoid border controls.
Code of practice for officers exercising functions under Schedule 1 of the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 in connection with seizing and retaining travel documents.
This Independent Advisory Panel on Non-Compliance Management report suggests techniques and training for detainee custody officers.
Home Office response to Independent Advisory Panel on Non-Compliance Management report on a new and safe system of restraint.
How to report suspicious or unusual behaviour at a small UK airfield or airport.
How to report suspicious or unusual behaviour at the border.
Response to the 2015 joint report on an inspection visit to customs custody suites.
Guidance for staff about the controls on importing firearms into the UK.
This Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) competition seeks proposals for novel and innovative solutions for the detection of explosives and weapons.
This document tells Border Force officers how to process passengers who owe a debt to the NHS which meets or exceeds the NHS debt threshold.
Information on how Border Force staff use training to carry out searches of vehicles, either for commercial freight, cars or coaches.
Draft code of practice for officers exercising functions under Schedule 1 of the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 in connection with seizing and retaining travel documents.
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