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More than one million additional visitors have used the digital border process to enter the UK.
Officers advise young Brits travelling to the Balearic Islands to ensure they have official contracts before undertaking PR work for bars and clubs.
Eligible travellers from 7 non-EU countries can now use ePassport gates to enter the UK quickly and securely in changes being made to the border.
From June, millions more people will be able to use ePassport gates as they arrive in the UK, the Chancellor confirmed in yesterday’s Spring Statement.
The Home Secretary and his French counterpart have agreed a new joint action plan to strengthen efforts against migrant activity in the English Channel.
A man who tried to smuggle 19 rare and endangered bird eggs into the UK strapped to his body has today, 10 January, been jailed for 3 years and 1 month.
The Home Secretary Sajid Javid's statement to Parliament about migrant crossings.
A Royal Navy ship has been deployed to the English Channel as part of the UK’s response to the recent increase in migrant crossings.
Home Secretary Sajid Javid visited Dover to meet those involved in the effort tackle attempts by migrants to cross the Channel in small boats.
Sajid Javid announces further action to tackle Channel crossings
Announcement follows initial extension of countries confirmed in the Budget.
New centre agreed under Sandhurst Treaty becomes operational.
Millions more people will be able to use ePassport gates as they arrive in the UK, under plans announced in the Budget on 29 October 2018.
Four Border Force officers have been honoured for saving the lives of 63 people during two incidents in the English Channel and the Mediterranean Sea.
An attempt to smuggle cocaine into the UK has been prevented by Border Force officers at Gatwick Airport.
An attempt to smuggle cocaine into the UK hidden in handbags and a suitcase has been prevented by Border Force officers at Gatwick Airport.
Border Force officers at Heathrow Airport have seized 19 eggs containing rare and endangered bird species, two of which had already hatched.
Her Majesty’s Passport Office has teamed up with Action Fraud to raise awareness of the need to report lost and stolen passports.
The Prime Minister has today (Tuesday 26 June) announced another Border Force cutter will be deployed to help with vital search and rescue operations in Aegean.
Border Force has seized almost 7 kilos of banned ivory as part of an international operation against the illegal trade in wildlife and timber.
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