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The government has signed a new agreement with Bangladesh to speed up the removal of migrants with no right to be in the country.

• Updated: 16 May 2024

Progress on immigration as numbers on key visa routes fall 24%, detentions start after passing of Rwanda law, and a major crackdown begins on illegal working.

• Updated: 7 May 2024

The first illegal migrants set to be removed to Rwanda have now been detained, following a series of nationwide operations this week.

• Updated: 1 May 2024

Leading food delivery companies will introduce enhanced security checks on their apps to prevent the market being abused by illegal workers, following discussions with the government.

• Updated: 30 April 2024

Home Office criminal and financial investigators arrested 4 suspected people smugglers.

• Updated: 18 April 2024

UK and Vietnam agree closer cooperation to stop the boats.

• Updated: 18 April 2024

Today marks the launch of the latest phase of the government’s global campaign to warn migrants of the consequences of entering the UK illegally.

• Updated: 25 March 2024

Members reappointed to the Independent Family Returns Panel.

• Updated: 4 March 2024

Helen Chamberlain has been reappointed as chair of the Independent Family Returns Panel (IFRP).

• Updated: 22 February 2024

Three suspected fraudulent immigration lawyers have been arrested in Greater Manchester following a Home Office raid on Wednesday 24 January.

• Updated: 25 January 2024

Uber Eats, Deliveroo and Just Eat urged to end unchecked account sharing to protect the public.

• Updated: 14 November 2023

The UK and Austria have signed a statement today agreeing to closer cooperation on tackling illegal migration and terrorism.

• Updated: 7 November 2023

The Immigration Minister, Robert Jenrick, made a statement to the House of Commons on illegal migration.

• Updated: 24 October 2023

Members of a gang who worked for cleaning contractors used by a string of Sainsbury's supermarkets have been sentenced.

• Updated: 10 August 2023

The UK and Türkiye have agreed a new partnership to enhance cooperation on tackling the illegal movement of migrants, and keep both countries safer.

• Updated: 9 August 2023

Fourteen migrants, including 4 children, were found hidden behind cardboard boxes in a van.

• Updated: 28 July 2023

The Home Office deployed over 300 immigration officers on over 150 enforcement visits in one day to crack down on illegal working across the UK. 

• Updated: 16 June 2023

A man who smuggled migrants in a 'coffin-like' hide inside the roof of a van has been sentenced to 3 years in prison.

• Updated: 11 May 2023

Over 1,000 Albanian nationals have been returned since the UK-Albania joint communiqué was signed on 13 December.

• Updated: 25 April 2023

Two people arrested by the Home Office in intelligence-led night-time raid.

• Updated: 17 March 2023