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Media factsheet: Small boats

Posted by: Home Office news team, Posted on: 15 May 2020 - Categories: Fact sheet

INTRODUCTION No one should be making these dangerous and illegally-facilitated crossings from France to the UK. France is a safe country, with a well-run asylum system. The Home Office is working in collaboration with the French Government and the relevant …

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Home Office in the media: 18 January 2018

Posted by: Home Office news team, Posted on: 18 January 2018 - Categories: Leading stories
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Today's Home Office coverage of interest includes stories on the Prime Minister's meeting with the French President, stalking protection orders and a judicial review into laws around soliciting crimes.

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Fact sheet: The UK’s juxtaposed border controls

Posted by: Home Office news team, Posted on: 11 July 2017 - Categories: Fact sheet
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The juxtaposed controls The UK operates border controls in France and Belgium. This allows Border Force officers to check passengers and freight destined for the UK before they begin their journey. These ‘juxtaposed controls’ are in place at Calais and …

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