Prevent The purpose of Prevent is to safeguard vulnerable people from becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism, by engaging with people who are vulnerable to radicalisation and protecting those who are being targeted by terrorist recruiters. Background As one part of …
The work of Border Force: Border Force’s mission is to secure the UK border. Officers work at around 140 sea and air ports across the UK and overseas to ensure the smooth flow of people and goods over the border. …
Border checks: Border Force searches lorries and containers entering the UK on a targeted basis. This includes using carbon dioxide detectors and motion sensors as well as sniffer dogs to detect clandestine on-board lorries and experienced Border Force staff identifying …
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 Home Office has published hate crime statistics for 2018/2019.
On 11 September 2019 the UK Government announced the creation of a new immigration route which will enable international students to remain in the UK for two years after they have completed their studies. Key Points: The Graduate Immigration Route …
Today, the Commission for Countering Extremism has published its report into 'Challenging Hateful Extremism'.
The Government's counter-terrorism strategy, CONTEST, responds to all forms of terrorism - whatever ideology motivates the terrorist and whatever methodology they seek to use. This fact sheet explains the threat posed by right-wing terrorism and our response. Threat and response …
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 …
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