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This Border Force privacy information notice explains how we look after your information and why we use it.
A useful reference guide with explanatory notes on the issues and classifications which are key to the production and presentation of this release.
Guide for carriers on fines for bringing a passenger to the UK who does not have the correct immigration documents.
The operation of the Authority to Carry Scheme prevents certain individuals from travelling to or from the UK when that is necessary in the public interest.
We use a fleet of patrol boats, known as 'cutters', to protect UK waters.
How to report suspicious or unusual behaviour at the border.
This document tells Border Force officers how to process passengers who owe a debt to the NHS which meets or exceeds the NHS debt threshold.
A user guide to Home Office irregular migration to the UK statistics.
Information for carriers operating or intending to operate in the UK.
This treaty was presented to Parliament in February 2018.
Immigration staff guidance on the code of conduct for Home Office presenting officers (POs) and presenting staff.
On 28 November 2020, France’s Interior Minister, Gérald Darmanin, and the Home Secretary, Priti Patel, discussed the UK and France’s collaboration against illegal immigration.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Describes how carriers must provide passenger and service information to the Home Office.
Information for carriers about charges for passengers without adequate documents, how to object to charges and which charges are waived.
How the Risk and Liaison Overseas Network can help air, sea and rail carriers to detect inadequate passenger documents and reduce charges.
This treaty was presented to Parliament in August 2020.
Guidance for staff about the controls on importing firearms into the UK.
Information on how Border Force staff use training to carry out searches of vehicles, either for commercial freight, cars or coaches.
First responder guidance for Border Force, Immigration Enforcement (IE) and the National Asylum Intake Unit (NAIU) and others who may have close contact with individuals who may have COVID-19.
Changes introduced by Home Office statisticians to a wide range of UK migration statistics.
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