The Latest Breaking News from Border Force

Leeds gran, 60, 'livid' she's forced to take 'sky high stairs' at Leeds Bradford Airport as escalator 'switched off'

She had just landed back in the UK and was faced with huge wait times and a massive climb at Leeds Bradford

Leeds Live · May 18, 2022

Drug smuggler told 'remain tension free…God will be generous' before boarding flight with heroin worth £900k - he's now in jail

Mohammed Uzair Rashid claimed the bags were not his, then that packages had been planted inside

Manchester Evening News · May 13, 2022

Drug traffickers hid cannabis among dog biscuits to post it from Spain to Hebburn

The ruse was uncovered by Border Force officials and police replaced it with a dummy package and delivered it to Jordan Campbell in Hebburn

Chronicle Live · May 11, 2022

Border Force says policies 'won't change'

A new Border Force ad targeting asylum seekers says policies on boat arrivals won't change as the government accuses Labor of wanting to soften policy.

AAP · Apr 28, 2022

Government withdraws migrant pushback policy ahead of High Court challenge

The policy would have allowed border force patrols to intercept migrant vessels in the Channel and return them to France.

The Independent UK · Apr 25, 2022

They were trapped in immigration detention for nine years. Here's what life after the Park Hotel looks like

For a brief time, he became the global symbol of Australia's immigration system. What happened to Mehdi from Melbourne's Park Hotel?

ABC News · Apr 24, 2022

Superyacht seized with cocaine worth £160m to be sold at auction

The MY Kahu was intercepted 80 miles south of Plymouth last year, and goes on sale Wednesday

The Guardian - UK · Apr 24, 2022

'Buy British boats for new Border Force fleet to tackle Channel migrant crossings'

The updated National Shipbuilding Strategy outlined plans for 11 new “seagoing and coastal patrol vessels” - but insiders fear they may be bought from abroad

Daily Mirror · Apr 15, 2022

Navy criticised for using vessels ‘too big’ for job of rescuing Channel migrants

Patrol vessels have been posted in the Channel to oversee operations.

The Independent UK · Apr 15, 2022

'Nasty' Rwanda asylum seeker scheme exposed - what it will cost and why it will fail

The UK has signed a five-year deal effective immediately for Rwanda to take Britain’s unwanted asylum seekers. Anyone the Home Office deems 'inadmissible' to claim asylum in the UK can be taken to Rwanda

Daily Mirror · Apr 14, 2022