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Eurostar forced to leave hundreds of seats empty on trains to avoid queues

Eurostar is being forced to leave hundreds of seats empty on trains to and from London to avoid long queues at stations, the cross-Channel train operator said. Chief executive Gwendoline Cazenave said a reduction in the number of border officials is ...

24 Jan 2023 at 13:39

NAO: No clear timetable for full post-Brexit border controls

The Government has no clear timetable to fully implement its post-Brexit border controls with the EU, the National Audit Office (NAO) said on Monday. The UK has said it hopes to have the “world’s most effective border” by 2025, but the NAO said the ...

20 May 2024 at 00:01

Cost of UK asylum system hits record £5.38bn

The UK’s asylum system now costs more than £5 billion a year, the highest level on record, new figures show. Home Office spending on asylum has jumped by more than a third, from £3.95 billion in 2022/23 to £5.38 billion in 2023/24, according to PA ...

28 Nov 2024 at 18:33

Holidaymakers face Easter disruption as coach firms asked to move Dover bookings

Holidaymakers face disruption as Port of Dover limits Good Friday coach travel

Thousands of holidaymakers face having their Easter trips disrupted as ferry operators are asking coach operators to amend some Good Friday ferry bookings from the Port of Dover. The Kent port said in a statement that this is a result of its ...

05 Apr 2023 at 14:28

Passport e-gate failure causes delays at airports as bank holiday getaway begins

Failures with the passport e-gate system at UK airports have caused long delays for those arriving in the country as the bank holiday getaway gets under way. Travellers have described on social media queues of several hours at a number of ...

27 May 2023 at 18:09

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Germany begins conducting checks at all its land borders

Germany has begun random checks at its borders with five Western European nations as it seeks to crack down on irregular migration, expanding a system of controls that are already in place at four other borders. The police controls began ...

16 Sept 2024 at 12:24

Migrants detected at UK-France border controls ‘fallen substantially’

The number of people detected trying to illegally pass UK border controls in northern France has “fallen substantially” but the threat remains “high and unrelenting”, the UK’s borders inspector has said. An inspection of Border Force’s ...

25 Mar 2025 at 19:54

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New German government plans to boost border controls to curb migration

Germany’s new government plans to station more police at the border to curb illegal migration and even turn away some of the asylum seekers trying to enter Europe’s biggest economy, the new interior minister said on Wednesday. ...

07 May 2025 at 22:36

Tories to publish ‘Deportation Bill’ as party hits out at Labour and Reform

The Conservatives will publish a proposed law setting out hardened measures on immigration as the party accuses Labour and Reform of being “complicit in the trade of empty slogans”. Automatic deportation for people who enter ...

06 May 2025 at 22:00

Immigration missing from Prime Minister’s plan for change ‘milestones’

The Prime Minister has repeated promises to cut immigration but stopped short of setting any targets. Sir Keir Starmer pledged his Government would “reduce immigration – legal and illegal” but was unclear how this would be ...

05 Dec 2024 at 14:18

Delays at Dover under new EU system could be worse than 14 hours, MPs told

Warnings of 14-hour delays at Kent border controls could understate the impact of a new EU scheme, MPs were told. The Port of Dover and the surrounding area could be hit by major disruption when the EU Entry-Exit System ...

31 Jan 2024 at 23:18

Channel crossings continue with 4,000 migrants arriving in UK so far this year

Migrants continue to cross the English Channel as more than 4,000 people have arrived in the UK so far this year, according to latest figures. Pictures showed people wearing life jackets coming ashore in Dover, Kent, ...

10 Mar 2025 at 11:35

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