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How Border Force decides the level of civil penalty for drivers found carrying people into the UK illegally.
Information for carriers operating or intending to operate in the UK.
Guidance for staff taking part in Operation Limelight, a multi-agency safeguarding operation at the UK border responding to female genital mutilation.
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.
This Border Force privacy information notice explains how we look after your information and why we use it.
We use a fleet of patrol boats, known as 'cutters', to protect UK waters.
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 document tells Border Force officers how to process passengers who owe a debt to the NHS which meets or exceeds the NHS debt threshold.
Project Kraken is a joint law enforcement operation tackling maritime border crime.
Guidance to help students through passport control when arriving at the UK Border.
Immigration staff guidance about the diplomatic visa arrangement (DVA) visa and permission to enter the UK on the DVA visa route.
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.
Detector dogs are an essential tool in our efforts to combat and deter smugglers and those seeking to avoid border controls.
This Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) competition seeks proposals for novel and innovative solutions for the detection of explosives and weapons.
Guidance on how to pay a fine, for drivers, companies and operators who have been fined for carrying clandestine entrants in their vehicle.
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 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.
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