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Brits could face festive travel disruption as Border Force staff vote on Christmas strikes

The Union for Borders, Immigration and Customs is balloting members on industrial action over a pay dispute with the Home Office

Chronicle Live

How Border Force strikes will affect your Christmas travel plans

Your airline must offer you a rebooking option if your flight is cancelled because of a strike

Evening Standard

Christmas travel could be disrupted as UK Border Force staff threaten strikes

The ISU union, which represents 3,500 Border Force, immigration enforcement and visa officers, is threatening strike action in December over a pay dispute with the Home Office

Daily Mirror

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Warning to UK travellers as Border Force staff vote to strike at Christmas

Strike action could lead to delays at UK border controls impacting those going away at Christmas and New year

Manchester Evening News

Nottinghamshire gun smuggler tried to import firearms and ammunition via Birmingham Airport

He said he bought a fake police warrant card for a fancy dress party

Nottingham Post

What lies in the new Home Secretary’s in-tray?

Suella Braverman left the role after just six weeks in office.

The Independent UK

Pictures show how Border Force agent rumbled plot to flood Merseyside with heroin

Christopher Traynor was arrested after a package from a sender using fake alias 'Frank de Boer' was intercepted by Border Force agents

Liverpool Echo

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War veteran flooded streets with heroin as he struggled to pay off his own debts

Christopher Traynor was arrested after a package from 'Frank de Boer' was intercepted by Border Force agents

Liverpool Echo

Firm that ran criticised UK youth jail awarded contract for asylum centre

Exclusive: MTC, which ran Rainsbrook youth jail, now providing security at Manston asylum seekers’ facility

The Guardian - UK

Astonishing 99 million cigarettes seized in truck as Welshman is arrested

99 million cigarettes were discovered in the back of the lorry, which had been shipped via the United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Wales Online

Sniffer dog rumbles crooks trying to smuggle 99 million cigarettes into the country

Eight container contained the cigarettes, which were worth about £44million in unpaid taxes. HMRC said it was the largest seizure of illegal cigarettes at a UK port and discovered by the dog

Daily Mirror

Almost 500 migrants arrive in one day as channel crossings continue

Almost 500 migrants arrived in the UK in one day as the total number of Channel crossings for the year so far edged closer to 33,000.

Evening Standard

Child groomer nabbed at Brisbane airport

A man who allegedly posed as a teenage boy to lure young girls into sending him child exploitation material has been arrested by Border Force officials.

AAP

Sri Lankan fishermen say key Australian tool to combat people smuggling can be dodged

Sri Lankan fishermen say a key measure introduced by the Australian government to deter operators from sending desperate people across the seas is ineffective, while official sources say the brother of a Sri Lankan MP is being investigated over allegations of people smuggling.

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The Independent UK

Migrants rescued from the sea as Channel crossings continue

The Coastguard said it co-ordinated a search and rescue operation on Thursday morning, working with the Navy, Border Force and police.

The Independent UK

Dozens of migrants brought ashore at Dover by Border Force

Since the start of September, 2,917 people have made the crossing in small boats.

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: Suella Braverman sets Home Office ‘No boats crossing the Channel’ target

New home secretary upsets civil servants with speech on migrants, trashy TV and back-to-office call

The Independent UK

What lies in new Home Secretary Suella Braverman’s in-tray?

The new boss of the Home Office will have a wide-ranging brief, with many challenges to tackle.

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Belfast Live

Passenger's frustration at 'ridiculous' queues for passport control at Belfast airport

They said it's "embarrassing" to return home to an airport that "can't cope with demand"

Liverpool Echo

Boy 'faints and collapses to floor' in Manchester Airport queues

One holidaymaker said extra Border Force staff were urgently needed at Terminal One

Daily Record

Boy 'faints and collapses' in 'hour-long' airport security queues

The child, whose exact age in unknown, was assisted by airport workers at the scene.

Daily Mirror

UK airport chaos sees boy 'faint and collapse' while passengers face long queues

The boy, whose age is unknown, was reportedly assisted by airport staff while waiting to get through passport control at Manchester Airport.

Manchester Evening News

Boy 'faints and collapses to floor' in Manchester Airport passport control queues

One holidaymaker said extra Border Force staff were urgently needed at Terminal One

AAP

Insiders exploiting Aust border, ABF says

Some 11 tonnes of illicit drugs were detected at the border last financial year, and the problem of workers exploiting their insider knowledge is getting worse.

The Independent UK

Albanian migrants crossing Channel ‘face criminal record checks by own police at Dover’

The measures would allow officers to fast-track anyone regarded as not ‘conducive to the public good’

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