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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: 22 February 2018

Posted by: Home Office news team, Posted on: 22 February 2018 - Categories: Uncategorised

...crimes could impact on policing. Some of the coverage notes that the Metropolitan Police was supported in its legal challenge by the Home Office. A Home Office statement on the...

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Border Force’s role in Operation Thunderbird

Posted by: Home Office news team, Posted on: 2 March 2017 - Categories: Press release
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Border Force officers have made dozens of seizures as part of Operation Thunderbird, a global INTERPOL-led operation tackling the illegal trade in wildlife and timber.

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