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There have been 23 arrests made in a series of ongoing people smuggling investigations.
The Home Office has deployed staff to migrant camps in Dunkirk.
The Immigration Minister has given an update on the improvements and continuing reforms being made to immigration detention
Seven people have been charged following an operation by Immigration Enforcement Criminal and Financial Investigation (CFI) officers as part of an investigation into a suspected people smuggling ring.
A short term continuation of G4S’s contract to run the Gatwick Immigration Removal Centres has been agreed until a long term manager is identified.
A gang who conspired to manufacture and supply fake ID documents to help immigration offenders live illegally in the UK has been jailed for more than 16 years.
A people smuggler who hid 5 Vietnamese teenagers inside a tent erected in the rear of his car has been jailed for 4 years and 3 months.
Eleven people have been arrested this morning (26 October) in London, Birmingham and Gateshead as part of a Europe-wide investigation into suspected people smuggling.
A man from Hoddesdon who attempted to smuggle an Albanian man into the UK was jailed yesterday (11 October) for a total of 2 and a half years.
A man from Scunthorpe has been convicted after his attempt to smuggle 5 people, including a child, into the UK hidden in cabinets was prevented.
A man from London has been jailed for attempting to smuggle an Iraqi national through the Channel Tunnel.
Hugh Ind has been appointed as the new Director General of Immigration Enforcement, the Home Office announced today (18 July).
New powers to prevent illegal working in premises that sell alcohol or provide late night refreshment have come into force in England and Wales today.
Members of a gang from Salford have been jailed after attempting to smuggle Vietnamese migrants into the UK through the Eurotunnel.
Two people who attempted to smuggle an Albanian man into the UK via the Channel Tunnel have been jailed for a total of 6 years.
A Nigerian woman has been sentenced to 22 years in prison for attempting to traffic Nigerian girls through Heathrow Airport to work as sex workers in brothels across Europe.
Director General of Immigration Enforcement departs after more than 30 years at the Home Office.
The Home Secretary has revealed plans to place a 72-hour time limit on the detention of pregnant women.
Landlords in England are being reminded that there is less than a month to go before ‘right to rent’ rules go live.
Government expands and extends UK law enforcement taskforce to tackle criminal gangs behind the migration crisis in the Mediterranean.
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