Luxury yacht used to smuggle £160m of cocaine to be sold to highest bidder The MY Kahu was seized during an operation off the south coast by the NCA and Border Force Liverpool Echo · Apr 8, 2022
Online firearms trade targeted as Port Macquarie man faces court over 3D blueprints A 3D printer, two spools of 3D filament and multiple electronic devices are among items seized as a Port Macquarie man faces court and authorities crack down on the illegal firearms trade. ABC News · Apr 8, 2022
Customers face travel chaos at Heathrow Airport as staff shortages take toll Passengers at Heathrow Airport are stuck in long queues as staff shortages continue to cause travel chaos. Evening Standard · Apr 3, 2022
HGVs stopped at service stations to disrupt illegal immigration to the UK Cheshire Police checked 148 HGVs for illegal immigrants Liverpool Echo · Mar 31, 2022
Army commissioned painting of drones monitoring migrant boats in English Channel The artwork shows two Watchkeepers flying over dinghies approaching white cliffs, and its caption tells of ‘illegal people-trafficking’. The Independent UK · Mar 31, 2022
Crown Perth royal commission details many failings of WA government and casino regulator Crown has faced repeated fire for alleged wrongdoing in its casinos, but a WA royal commission final report also points the finger at some less racy targets — the state government and its casino watchdog. ABC News · Mar 25, 2022
‘Fundamental questions remain’ over plan to draft military in to tackle Channel crossings, warn MPs Government’s decision to put Navy in charge of counter-migration on English coast appears to have been ‘borne of desperation’, says Defence Committee The Independent UK · Mar 11, 2022
Experts raise doubts over plan for Royal Navy to control Channel crossings Exclusive: Critical defence select committee report to come amid growing Tory unease over No 10’s plan The Guardian - UK · Mar 7, 2022
RNLI and Border Force bring 99 people to safety as they cross English Channel Minister for Justice and Tackling Illegal Migration Tom Pursglove said the rise in dangerous Channel crossings is ‘unacceptable’. The Independent UK · Mar 5, 2022
Migrants brought ashore by RNLI and Border Force after crossing Channel Those who arrived at Dover on Friday are the latest of more than 1,500 people to have made the crossing this year. The Independent UK · Mar 4, 2022
Man used golden duck statues to smuggle cocaine into UK Aldo Alushi, 29, was arrested after Class A drugs were seized at Stansted Airport Wales Online · Feb 19, 2022
‘Deeply concerning’: British government picks Alexander Downer to review UK’s border force Unions have condemned British home secretary Priti Patel’s appointment of the former Australian foreign minister and key architect of the Pacific Solution The Guardian - AU · Feb 18, 2022
‘Wholly inappropriate’: Dismay as Priti Patel hires Australian asylum tsar to review Border Force Former Australian foreign minister has vocally backed Channel push-backs and defended the home secretary from ‘widespread ridicule’ The Independent UK · Feb 17, 2022
Home Secretary orders ‘wide-ranging’ review of Border Force Priti Patel has called in a former Australian government minister to oversee the assessment. The Independent UK · Feb 17, 2022
The Independent UK · Feb 17, 2022 Priti Patel appoints man behind Australia’s ‘inhumane’ asylum offshoring to review Border Force Alexander Downer negotiated Australia’s ‘Pacific Solution’ to detain asylum seekers on Nauru and Manus Island
The Guardian - UK · Feb 17, 2022 UK politics: Angela Rayner says terror police should ‘shoot first and ask questions later’ – as it happened Latest updates: follow all the political news and developments from across the UK
The Independent UK · Feb 5, 2022 Migrants forced to wait on concrete floor for hours at Dover processing site, say Border Force staff Exclusive: Immigration Services Union condemns lack of resources at reception site and warns Home Office is now to move arrivals to new facility that is ‘so far off minimum health and safety requirements’
Wales Online · Feb 4, 2022 Illegal drug seizures by police rise by 21 per cent during pandemic More than 11 tonnes of cocaine were among the drugs seized by police between March 2020 and March 2021
The Independent UK · Feb 3, 2022 Drug seizures by police rise 21% during pandemic Police and Border Force made a total of 223,106 drug seizures in the year to March 2021 compared with 183,646 the previous year.
The Independent UK · Jan 26, 2022 Government accused of ‘hiding’ as MoD refuses to answer questions on Channel crossing involvement Former Navy and Border Force officials raise alarm about plan to draft in military to combat rise in cross-Channel migration, warning that Navy vessels could serve as ‘honey pot’ and incentivise crossings
The Independent UK · Jan 26, 2022 Heathrow airport queues worse than ever before, investigation finds ‘Queues are longer than they have ever been and complaints are at an all-time high,’ says consumer watchdog
The Independent UK · Jan 26, 2022 Solution for tackling migrant crossings ‘not at sea’, MPs told The Prime Minister signed off plans for the military to take over command of the operation from Border Force.
ABC News · Jan 23, 2022 Border Force asks to search your phone when you are travelling back to Australia — what can you do? As Australians start to travel overseas again, they could be stopped on their way home by Border Force officials and have their belongings searched. Here's what you need to know.
The Conversation · Jan 19, 2022 Sending in the Royal Navy is not the answer to small boat migration in the Channel The Home Office has announced a plan to bring in the Royal Navy to take charge of policing the English Channel after the number of migrants attempting the crossing in small boats tripled in 2021. Full details of the plan have not been revealed, but appear to involve the navy…
The Independent UK · Jan 18, 2022 Navy involved in ‘Operation Dog’s Dinner’ to tackle migrant crossing, MPs hear Ministers came under fire from some on their backbenches.