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The Latest Breaking News from Border Force

Week of criticisms and revelations over Home Office’s handling of migrant crisis

Here are this week’s developments.

The Independent UK

Week of criticisms and revelations over Home Office’s handling of migrant crisis

The Home Office’s response to the migrant crisis has been the focus of a series of critical reports.

The Independent UK

Approach to small boats crisis may have been counter-productive, review says

Border Force reform planned as report finds ‘suboptimal performance’.

The Independent UK

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Home Office to pilot ‘contactless corridors’ to allow travellers to breeze through border control

The pilot scheme will hopefully begin running in 2024, the Home Office said

The Independent UK

Airport passenger misery caused by 'unsustainable and inefficient' Border Force, review finds

Three hour queues at Heathrow - the UK's biggest airport - are causing issues in other regions as staff are relocated to deal with the crisis, a review by Australian immigration minister Alexander Downer found

Daily Mirror

Border Force reform planned as report finds ‘suboptimal performance’

An independent review of the agency was commissioned by Home Secretary Priti Patel.

The Independent UK

Heathrow Airport passport queues ‘visible manifestation’ of systemic Border Force failures, report finds

Reviewer says government is not properly consulting Border Force on ‘ill-conceived policy initiatives’

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Border Force has seized more than 1,000 devices from people entering Australia in past five years

Agency keeps about one in 40 devices searched – but there are no details on prosecutions that result

The Guardian - AU

37 Greater Manchester drug dealers locked up and off our streets for selling heroin, cocaine and crystal meth

They were all jailed for flooding communities with drugs

Manchester Evening News

Scots antique gun collector left child alone in flat with guns, crossbow and knives

Police raided the Edinburgh home of Nicoll Graham, 41, last year and found a 10-year-old alone inside the property alongside several weapons including a crossbow and large knives.

Daily Record

Edinburgh antique collector caught importing imitation handgun into country

Officers raided the military enthusiast’s home and discovered a child alone within the property alongside a large array of weapons which were said to have been “strewn through the house”.

Edinburgh Live

East Midlands Airport seizes hazardous jewellery, toxic cosmetics and unsafe toys in £17m haul

An airport team works in partnership with Border Force on the nationally funded project

Nottingham Post

Mum brought back to UK in ambulance accused of 'smuggling drugs'

Rachel Pighills travelled to Spain for life-saving surgery but says she was held by Border Force for four hours on her return

Liverpool Echo

Mother ‘treated like drug smuggler’ as she returned to UK after brain surgery

A husband has spoken of his devastation as his wife was searched for drugs by border patrol officers as she returned to the UK in an ambulance after having life-saving surgery in Spain.

Evening Standard

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Daily Mirror

Brit mum returning from brain surgery in Spain accused of DRUG SMUGGLING by Border Force

Following a 20-hour overnight ferry from Santander to Plymouth, Rachel Pighills and her husband Guy were stopped by Border Force officials where Rachel was pictured lying on a stretcher sobbing inside a warehouse at the docks

Evening Standard

Two men arrested after ‘trying to smuggle £17.5m worth of cocaine and heroin into UK’

One of the largest ever drug seizures at the Channel Tunnel

The Guardian - AU

Australian border force searched more than 40,000 mobile devices in five years, data shows

Experts concerned authorities are coercing travellers to hand over passwords to phones and other devices or copying data unlawfully

Evening Standard

233 more migrants attempt to cross English Channel amid Rwanda flights storm

Six boats were intercepted in the Channel on Wednesday

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The Independent UK

233 people brought to UK after attempting to cross English Channel

According to the latest figures from the Ministry of Defence, six boats were intercepted in the Channel on Wednesday.

The Guardian - AU

Donuts, tote bags and petrol vouchers: companies offer sweeteners to lure workers into airport jobs

Despite promising turnout of jobseekers, airport CEO says long queues and travel disruptions will continue ‘for a while longer’

The Independent UK

Dozens more migrants rescued from Channel

Approximately 146 people including around 28 children have been rescued from small boats on Wednesday.

Manchester Evening News

Channel crossings hit highest number for two months as hundreds arrive at UK border amid Rwanda asylum plan

Hundreds of people who arrived at British shores appeared to be unaware that there was a possibility they could be put on a flight to the African nation

The Independent UK

444 people brought ashore after attempting to cross English Channel

This total in Kent marks the highest number of people since 562 were recorded on April 14 earlier this year.

Evening Standard

Over 260 migrants rescued from Channel as Boris Johnson defends Rwanda policy

More than 260 migrants were rescued from the English Channel on Tuesday, authorities said, as ministers faced growing criticism over the deportation of asylum seekers to Rwanda.

The Guardian - UK

Heathrow insists check-ins ‘worked well’ amid jubilee chaos

Airport says it is proud of its service and no more flights were cancelled at short notice than on a typical day

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