People smugglers have exploited "fragmented" policing, border force and intelligence agencies to smuggle thousands of illegal ...

From Wednesday European nationals will have to get an Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) if they want to visit the UK. Britain introduced the ETA scheme in 2023 for non-European nationals - ...

He defended his plan to stop small boat crossings after a record number of arrivals in the first three months.

Germany’s Foreign Office advises travelers to carry documentation showing their return plans and to be prepared for ...

Starmer said the UK was no longer "a soft touch," adding, "No more gimmicks, no empty promises, just serious action for ...

Downing Street has unveiled a whole host of new illegal migration statistics to coincide with the border security conference ...

The UK’s borders watchdog however said the ‘threat of clandestine entry at juxtaposed ports remains high and is unrelenting’. A report from the UK’s borders inspector says people trying to ...

This is the first Mothering Sunday since strict border checks were introduced last April, and farmers across the Netherlands are increasingly giving up supplying the UK. Two years of bad harvests ...

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The number of people detected trying to illegally pass UK border controls in northern France has “fallen substantially” but the threat remains “high and unrelenting”, the UK’s borders ...

A report from the UK’s borders inspector says people trying to illegally pass border control has ‘fallen substantially’ but warned that the threat remained ‘high’ (Steve Parsons/PA ...