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Airport e-gates back online as nationwide outage sparks chaos at Heathrow and Gatwick into the night

One traveller who arrived at Heathrow from Sri Lanka said it was ‘pandemonium’ when he got to passport control in Terminal 3

Evening Standard

UK airport chaos after Border Force passport e-gates crash nationwide

Officials at Gatwick and Heathrow airports have said the issue is nationwide

Evening Standard

‘Alarming’ number of lone children held in UK-run facilities in France

Charities say FoI disclosure that 369 such children were held over 21-month period is ‘hugely concerning’

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Home Office to detain asylum seekers across UK in shock Rwanda operation

Exclusive: Operation comes weeks earlier than expected and is thought to have been timed to coincide with local elections

The Guardian - UK

Don’t rescue people who scupper their Channel boats, says Reform UK deputy

Ben Habib says navy or Border Force should not save people who throw themselves into sea if they have refused other vessels

The Guardian - UK

Met bust drug-smuggling gang who had recruited Border Force officer to bring haul from France

Four guilty over large scale import of drugs from across the channel including a Border Force official

Evening Standard

'Significant risk to security' at London City Airport, report finds

The report highlights lax security at the airport

Evening Standard

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'I don't feel safe here': Hamas attack survivor leaving UK early after border cop grilling at airport

EXCLUSIVE: ‘We’ve been through the most horrible thing in the world and we just wanted to share our story’

Evening Standard

UK investigating claims Hamas attack survivors faced antisemitic abuse at airport

Two Israeli brothers, who were at Nova Music Festival, say they were detained by Border Force at Manchester airport

The Guardian - UK

Heathrow Airport Border Force staff vote to strike over shift patterns

Members are angry over planned alterations to their shift patterns

Evening Standard

Home Office immigration database errors hit more than 76,000 people

Names, photos and immigration status being mixed up, preventing people applying for jobs and housing

The Guardian - UK

Man caught with 'worst' child abuse videos at airport

Border Force officers asked a man to unlock his encrypted smartphone during a luggage inspection after he landed in Australia.

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Fears UK coastguards left children adrift on small boats before Channel tragedy

Children heard crying on 999 calls from boats in days before mass drowning, records suggest, yet logs contain no record of rescue attempts

The Guardian - UK

RNLI-Border Force row reveals ‘chaos’ in maritime rescue before Channel tragedy

Questions about UK Coastguard’s reliance on charity after lifeboat volunteers asked to cover for Border Force to aid stricken vessel

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Holidaymakers face Easter travel chaos with border officials at Heathrow threatening strike

Border Force workers are threatening to strike over proposed changes in shift patterns

The Guardian - AU

Factcheck: Peter Dutton says Labor has weakened Australia’s asylum policy. Is he right?

Opposition leader claims government has cut $600m from border enforcement and reduced surveillance flights. Budget numbers tell a more nuanced story

The Guardian - UK

One person charged after six people found in lorry at East Sussex port

Suspect charged with assisting unlawful entry into the UK after discovery at Newhaven ferry port

The Guardian - UK

UK home secretary apologises over unlawful detention of Bahraini activist

Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei receives compensation from government after being stopped at Gatwick

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The Guardian - UK

Italian man removed from UK despite post-Brexit Home Office certificate

Massimiliano Melargo, who was stopped at airport, has permission to enter and leave UK while awaiting settlement decision

The Guardian - UK

Border Force hires private vessels for Channel patrols after new fleet delayed

Contracts, which will cost £36m a year, tendered following news that existing boats will be replaced four years later than planned

The Guardian - UK

Border Force mental health absences rose 45% as Channel deaths increased

Exclusive: FoI request reveals Home Office paid £133,000 to charity for support for frontline staff amid surge in agency’s absences

Evening Standard

People smuggler jailed for trying to sneak Vietnamese woman into UK inside his car's dashboard

Border Force officers searched the vehicle after noticing carpet on passenger side seemed out of place

The Guardian - UK

Spanish woman removed from UK after returning from Christmas holiday

Woman was detained overnight and removed despite presenting Home Office documents showing her right to work and live in UK

Evening Standard

Facial recognition at UK airports: When is it coming in and how does it work?

Border Force director Phil Douglas hopes to have similar e-gates systems to those in Australia and Dubai

The Guardian - UK

Small boat arrivals in UK likely to rise in 2024, says Border Force officials’ union

Immigration Services Union says recent lull in Channel crossings was due to bad weather

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