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A 28-year-old man has been jailed for 18 months at Edinburgh Sheriff Court for attempting to smuggle approximately 10 kilos of cannabis through Edinburgh Airport.
A man from London has been jailed for attempting to smuggle an Iraqi national through the Channel Tunnel.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Border Force trebled the number of ePassport gates allowing more opportunity to use this automated, fast and secure route through the border.
Plans to ease travel for more than 16 million non-European passengers who arrive in the UK each year were today announced by the Home Office.
Professor Alan Manning responds to the commissioning of the MAC by the Home Secretary.
The chair of the Migration Advisory Committee responds to the Home Secretary commission to the MAC.
UK Visas and Immigration offers temporary visa application service in Male, Maldives on 16th August 2017
Hugh Ind has been appointed as the new Director General of Immigration Enforcement, the Home Office announced today (18 July).
A people smuggler has today (13 July) been jailed after admitting trying to travel through Harwich International Port with 22 Afghan nationals hidden in the back of his lorry.
Paul Lincoln has been appointed as the new Director-General of Border Force, the Home Office announced today.
Immigration Minister Brandon Lewis gets to grip with Border Force operations during a visit to Heathrow Airport on Tuesday 20 June.
UK Visas & Immigration will be holding four pop-up Visa Application Centre (VAC) sessions in Victoria to allow customers in the Seychelles to apply for a UK visa locally during July and August 2017.
How you contact UK Visas and Immigration is changing.
All visitors, students and work applicants can now get visa decisions more quickly.
Joint working between Border Force and the NCA stopped huge cocaine haul.
We welcome expressions of interest to deliver immigration and asylum services in London and/or Kent.
Asylum report into quality of legal services is welcomed by Legal Aid Agency (LAA).
Business travellers and frequent visitors from 16 countries to benefit from faster entry to the UK as Registered Traveller Service grows
The Home Office is making changes to the Immigration Rules affecting a number of categories.
Written ministerial statement by Edward Timpson about a safeguarding strategy for unaccompanied asylum-seeking and refugee children.
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