Tackling smuggling at source The Home Office works closely with partners in the UK and overseas to strike people smuggling at source – identifying and dismantling the organised crime groups that facilitate illegal immigration. Immigration Enforcement and Border Force are …
Today the Prime Minister and the Home Secretary have launched a national campaign to recruit 20,000 new police officers. The below factsheet details some of the key points of this announcement.
What types of facial recognition do the police use? In England and Wales, facial recognition technology takes two main forms: Retrospective facial recognition Retrospective facial recognition compares an image of an individual, such as someone caught on CCTV suspected of …
There are a number of inaccuracies and misconceptions around the EU Settlement Scheme at the moment, which we want to address head on. EU citizens and their families are our friends, neighbours and colleagues and we want them to stay. …
There have been reports in media and on social media regarding the rights of EU citizens resident in the UK after we leave the European Union. Some inaccurate reporting has suggested that, once freedom of movement ends after Brexit, EU …
The EU Settlement Scheme has been fully open since 30 March 2019. The Home Office has published EU Settlement Scheme Statistics for the month ending July 2019. More than one million people have been granted status through the EU Settlement Scheme.
Border Force resources in the Channel Border Force has a total fleet of five cutters and six Coastal Patrol Vessels (CPVs). Two CPVs and three cutters, HMC Vigilant, HMC Searcher and HMC Seeker, are currently deployed in the Channel working …
The Chancellor has announced £2.1 billion for no deal preparations. Border Force is making preparations for leaving the EU on 31 October, whatever the circumstances of our exit. Recruiting up to 1,000 new officers Border Force is recruiting up to 1,000 …
Today the High Court has found in favour of the Government on all counts in a challenge brought by Liberty against the Investigatory Powers Act.
Today, the Office for National Statistics and the Home Office published their quarterly crime statistics, for the year ending March 2019. Our statement and updated factsheet is below. Minister of State for Policing and the Fire Service, Nick Hurd, said: …
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