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Child Stowaways Found Locked In Refrigerated Lorry On Way To UK

PA | Posted 05.02.2013 | UK
Read More: UK Border Force, Dover, UK News, Afghanistan, Stowaways, Illegal Immigrants, Illegal Immigration, People Smuggling, Dunkirk, Iran, Stowaway, Human Trafficking, UK News

Four children endured several hours locked in a refrigerated lorry in a failed attempt to smuggle them into Britain, the UK Border Force said. The ...

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UK Border Force Attacked Over 'Backlog' Of 16,000 Immigration Cases

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 24.01.2013 | UK
Read More: Immigration Cases, UK Border Force, Vine, Border Force, UK News, Ukba, Immigration Report, Theresa May, Immigration, Immigrants, Keith Vaz, UK News

An "unacceptable" backlog of more than 16,000 immigrants waiting to hear whether they can stay in Britain has been discovered in a fresh investigation...

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Out of Sight, Out of Mind: The Heartlessness of the Home Secretary

Michael Allen | Posted 01.02.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: UK Home Office, Theresa May, Immigration, Immigrants, UK Border Agency, National Union of Students, Deportation, Immigration Reform, Marriage, UK Border Force, Human Rights, Conservatives, UKBA Deportations, Visa, UK Conservative Party, Border Control, Immigration Debate, Nhs, UK Universities & Education News
Michael Allen

Compassion and immigration control have appeared as unreconcilable concepts since Theresa May's appointment as Home Secretary. Ever since she took office in 2010, Ms. May has appeared determined to respond to the tabloids' cries that the UK is letting in too many immigrants.

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Multimillion-Pound Cocaine Smuggling Route Smashed

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 05.09.2012 | UK
Read More: UK Border Force, Border Force, South America Drug Smuggling, UK News, UK Crime, Drug Smuggling, Cocaine, UK News

A multimillion-pound cocaine smuggling route between South America and the UK has been closed down, the Border Force has said. Officers believe the...

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Fake Olympic Flags Seized At Heathrow Airport

PA | Posted 20.07.2012 | UK
Read More: London 2012, UK Border Force, UK News, Fake Olympic Goods, Fake Goods, Heathrow Airport, London Olympics, 2012 Olympics, UK Border Agency, UK News

Thousands of fake Olympic flags have been seized at Heathrow airport. The haul of around 10,000 flags displaying the Olympic rings on a white backg...

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PHOTOS: Thousands Of Faked Olympic Goods Seized

PA | Posted 08.06.2012 | UK
Read More: London Olympics, London 2012, London 2012 Olympics, UK Border Force, UK Home Office, Counterfeiting, Olympics, Counterfeit Goods, UK News

Thousands of fake Olympic goods have been seized at ports and airports across the UK in the run-up to next month's Games, the Border Force said today....

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Border Force Foil £2m Drug Smugglers

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 23.05.2012 | UK
Read More: Drug Trafficking, Home Office, Drug Bust, UK Border Force, UK News, UK Border Agency, Drug Smuggling, UK News

Two attempts to smuggle drugs, including nearly 80lb (36kg) of heroin, into the UK have been foiled by Border Force officials. A Czech lorry was he...

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Airlines Talk Of "Frustration" Over Heathrow Border Chaos

The Huffington Post UK | Chris Wimpress | Posted 15.05.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: London 2012, UK Border Force, UK Issues, UK News, UK Conservative Party, Ukba, Theresa May, Damian Green, Home Office, UK Border, UK Border Agency, 2012 Olympics, UK Politics News

Airline and airport operators have rounded on the UK Border Force, saying the recent lengthy queues for passengers entering the country at Heathrow wa...

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Which Airport Is Being Blighted With Queues Over Bank Holiday?

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 05.05.2012 | UK
Read More: UK Border Force, Stansted Airport Delays, UK News, Stansted Airport Waiting, Stansted Airport Queues, Stansted Airport Bank Holiday, Bank Holiday Delays, Stansted Airport UK Border, Stansted Airport, UK News

Passengers at Stansted Airport faced "unacceptably long" immigration queues at the beginning of the Bank Holiday weekend. Hundreds of disgruntled p...

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Jamaican Woman Found With Big Cocaine Stash At Gatwick

PA | Posted 14.06.2012 | UK
Read More: Drugs, UK Crime, UK Drugs, Cocaine, Gatwick Airport, UK News, UK Border Agency, UK Border Force, War on Drugs, UK News

Cocaine worth almost half a million pounds has been seized at an airport by UK Border Force officers. Officials working for the UK Border Agency at...

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Still Not Fit For Purpose: UK Border Agency To Be Broken UP

The Huffington Post UK | Chris Wimpress | Posted 20.02.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: UK Border Force, UK Parliament, UK News, UK Conservative Party, Ukba, Theresa May, Immigration to UK, Home Office, UK Border Agency, John Vine, Brodie Clark, UK Politics News

The UK Border Agency (UKBA) is to be broken up after further revelations of relaxations of checks on immigrants to Britain, Theresa May has told the C...

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Germans Arrested In Dover Weapons Alert

PA | Posted 27.01.2012 | UK
Read More: Security Alert, UK Border Force, Port of Dover, UK Border Agency, UK News, Weapons, UK News

Two German men are still being questioned by investigators after sparking a security alert which temporarily shut one of the main gateways to Britain....

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UK Border Staff Return To Work After Brodie Clark Row

PA | Posted 19.02.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Home Office, UK Border Force, UK News, Brodie Clark, UK Border Row, Ukba, Theresa May, UK Politics News

Two senior officials suspended during the border checks row have been reinstated, MPs have been told. Graeme Kyle, the border force's director of o...

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Decisions To Refuse Visas To Britain Regularly Overturned, Report Finds

PA | Posted 17.02.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Home Office, UK Border Force, Immigration, UK Border Agency, UK News, Ukba, Immigration to UK, UK Politics News

More than three in five decisions to refuse family visas to those wanting to come to the UK from New York were overturned by managers before going to ...

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UK Border Agency Report Leaked And The Contents Ain't Pretty

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 16.02.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: UK Issues, Immigration to UK, Theresa May, UK News, Brodie Clark, Foreign Criminals, UK Border Agency, UK Border Force, Ukba, Deportations, Home Office, UK Politics News

A report on the UK Border Agency, due to be published on Monday, has been leaked to the Sunday Times newspaper a day early, and suggests that delays a...

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Oh My Ghosh - Theresa May's Account Of Border Row Backed By Top Official

The Huffington Post UK | Chris Wimpress | Posted 22.11.2011 | UK Politics
Read More: UK Border Force, UK Parliament, UK-Border-Row, Rob Whiteman, UK News, Ukba, Theresa May, Home Office, UK Border Agency, Brodie Clark, Dame Helen Ghosh, Home Affairs Commitee, UK Politics News

The most senior official at the Home Office, Dame Helen Ghosh, has fully backed Theresa May's account of the UK Border Fiasco. The row led to the sus...

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Analysis: Where Does The UK Border Row Go Next?

The Huffington Post UK | Chris Wimpress | Posted 15.11.2011 | UK Politics
Read More: Home Office, UK Border Force, UK Parliament, UK Border Agency, Home Affairs Committee, Brodie Clark, Keith Vaz, Theresa May, UK Politics News

Brodie Clark will no doubt be quite satisfied with his attempts to demolish the credibility of Theresa May during his appearance before the Home Affai...

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Labour Claim Passengers On Private Jets Didn't Have Passports Checked At All

The Huffington Post UK | Chris Wimpress | Posted 14.11.2011 | UK Politics
Read More: Home Office, Passports, UK Border Force, UK Border Agency, Home Affairs Select Committee, Brodie Clark, Ukba, Keith Vaz, Theresa May, UK Politics News

Theresa May is coming under further pressure after Labour obtained figures indicating the scale of the relaxation of checks at the UK Border Agency ov...

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Theresa May Facing Fresh UK Border Passport Claims In Sunday Papers

The Huffington Post UK | Chris Wimpress | Posted 12.01.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Passports, Home Office, UK Border Force, UK Border Agency, Brodie Clark, Ukba, Passports Row, Theresa May, UK Politics News

Home Secretary Theresa May is under renewed pressure after a slew of fresh allegations of lapses at the UK Border Agency (UKBA) in the Sunday newspape...

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Theresa May Launches Inquiry Into UK Border Force

PA | Posted 05.01.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Passports, Non-EU Nationals, UK Border Force, UK News, Passport Checks, Illegal Immigrants, Home Office, Immigration, Brodie Clark, Border Checks, UK Politics News

Home Secretary Theresa May has launched an independent inquiry into the UK border force amid claims that guards quietly dropped certain passport check...

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Head Of Border Force Suspended Over 'Dropped' Passport Checks

PA | Posted 04.01.2012 | UK
Read More: Passports, UK Border Force, Non-EU Nationals, Passport Checks, Illegal Immigrants, Home Office, Immigration, Brodie Clark, Border Checks, UK News

The head of the UK Border Force has been suspended amid claims that passport checks for non-EU nationals were quietly dropped this summer. Brodie C...

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