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Two men have each been jailed for 2 years and 6 months after a small boat people smuggling attempt was prevented by Border Force officers in Southwold.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Three people have been arrested by Immigration Enforcement as part of an international investigation into the smuggling of migrants into the UK by small boat.
Four people have been arrested by Immigration Enforcement in connection with a people smuggling investigation as warrants were executed in Birmingham, Leicester, Telford and Coventry.
A man who attempted to smuggle 12 people into the UK hidden in a campervan has been jailed for over 4 years.
Two people have been arrested by Immigration Enforcement as part of an international investigation into the smuggling of migrants into the UK by boat.
Landlords and employers not required to see original documents during coronavirus outbreak.
Home Office announces new contractor to run Brook House and Tinsley House.
A leader of a people smuggling gang has been jailed.
There have been 23 arrests made in a series of ongoing people smuggling investigations.
The Home Office has deployed staff to migrant camps in Dunkirk.
The Immigration Minister has given an update on the improvements and continuing reforms being made to immigration detention
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Seven people have been charged following an operation by Immigration Enforcement Criminal and Financial Investigation (CFI) officers as part of an investigation into a suspected people smuggling ring.
A short term continuation of G4S’s contract to run the Gatwick Immigration Removal Centres has been agreed until a long term manager is identified.
A gang who conspired to manufacture and supply fake ID documents to help immigration offenders live illegally in the UK has been jailed for more than 16 years.
A people smuggler who hid 5 Vietnamese teenagers inside a tent erected in the rear of his car has been jailed for 4 years and 3 months.
Eleven people have been arrested this morning (26 October) in London, Birmingham and Gateshead as part of a Europe-wide investigation into suspected people smuggling.
A man from Hoddesdon who attempted to smuggle an Albanian man into the UK was jailed yesterday (11 October) for a total of 2 and a half years.
A man from Scunthorpe has been convicted after his attempt to smuggle 5 people, including a child, into the UK hidden in cabinets was prevented.
A man from London has been jailed for attempting to smuggle an Iraqi national through the Channel Tunnel.
Hugh Ind has been appointed as the new Director General of Immigration Enforcement, the Home Office announced today (18 July).
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