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Border Security Command now has a better understanding of how online platforms used in people smuggling can be monitored and potentially disrupted.
The UK government begins removals under landmark treaty with France.
For the first time, small boat migrants arriving in the UK face being detained and returned to France
Countries that refuse to accept returns of individuals in the UK unlawfully could see the number of visas they are granted cut.
UK government launches campaign to raise awareness of EU’s Entry/Exit System.
Government action led to a 10% fall in student asylum claims.
New UK-Iraq agreement will bolster efforts to deter small boat arrivals.
First illegal immigrants detained under the groundbreaking UK-France treaty.
The treaty provides a legal basis for the groundbreaking UK-France ‘one-in, one-out’ pilot scheme.
Criminal networks smuggling migrants on dangerous small boats to be targeted with £100 million funding boost.
Six people have been arrested on suspicion of facilitating illegal entry of hundreds of migrants in dawn strikes by Immigration Enforcement across the UK
33 illegal entrants and suspected people smugglers arrested as part of Home Office operation tackling abuse of the Common Travel Area.
The UK will step up efforts to break the crime web fuelling illegal migration across the Western Balkans on a historic visit to the region by the Prime Minister.
A new dedicated taskforce has been launched to transform the way in which the police respond to organised immigration crime gangs operating from the UK.
UK-Thai cooperation results in 90% reduction in cannabis arriving in the post.
Statement from the representatives of the governments of Albania, Sweden, Tunisia, United Kingdom, United States and Vietnam.
The Prime Minister and Home Secretary gathered leaders from across the world in London today (31 March) to tackle organised immigration crime.
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper delivered a speech on the first day of the Organised Immigration Crime Summit in London.
The UK and France sign a roadmap to deepen cooperation on people smuggling.
Today, the UK and Vietnam have signed a joint communiqué to build on joint work to tackle irregular migration.
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