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Offenders removed had received combined prison sentences of more than 87 years.

• Updated: 2 September 2022

Both countries will seek to expedite removal of Albanians from next week following growing numbers taking treacherous journey on small boats.

• Updated: 25 August 2022

Offenders removed had received combined prison sentences of more than 46 years.

• Updated: 12 August 2022

To help tackle illegal migration, the government is proposing tougher penalties for hauliers and vehicle drivers found carrying clandestine migrants.

• Updated: 18 July 2022

Deal will see the UK and Nigeria do more together to support legal migration, tackle illegal migration and speed up the removal of foreign criminals.

• Updated: 4 July 2022

Anyone caught piloting a boat carrying migrants in the Channel could face life behind bars from today, as part of the biggest overhaul of the asylum system in decades.

• Updated: 28 June 2022

Two people have been sentenced for recruiting drivers to smuggle migrants in vans.

• Updated: 7 June 2022

Five people smugglers have been sentenced for locking migrants into purpose-built 'hides' made from wardrobes and secured with screws.

• Updated: 10 May 2022

Government takes first steps to operationalise the Migration and Economic Development Partnership.

• Updated: 10 May 2022

Vulnerable women will be first to benefit from the pilot, which is part of the government’s response to Stephen Shaw’s latest review of immigration detention.

• Updated: 23 March 2022

The new immigration removal centre will replace Yarl’s Wood as the only dedicated immigration removal centre for women.

• Updated: 23 November 2021

Priti Patel met with key members of the Greek government to discuss shared challenges on illegal migration and serious organised crime.

• Updated: 4 August 2021

New agreement allows the UK to remove Albanians with no right to be in the UK as government speeds up return of Albanian criminals.

• Updated: 9 July 2021

Major increases in child rapists, people who threaten national security and failed asylum seekers clogging up modern slavery system.

• Updated: 20 March 2021

Figures raise concerns that last-minute claims are being used to delay and time out removal from the UK.

• Updated: 16 March 2021

A man who attempted to smuggle a stash of illegal weapons into the UK including a crossbow, axe and imitation firearm, has been returned to Poland.

• Updated: 1 December 2020

Three people have been arrested by Immigration Enforcement as part of an international investigation into the smuggling of migrants into the UK by small boat.

• Updated: 30 September 2020

Eleven people have been arrested in relation to illegally facilitating migrant crossings of the Channel.

• Updated: 26 July 2020

Four people have been arrested by Immigration Enforcement in connection with a people smuggling investigation as warrants were executed in Birmingham, Leicester, Telford and Coventry.

• Updated: 9 July 2020

Landlords and employers not required to see original documents during coronavirus outbreak.

• Updated: 30 March 2020