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Sajid Javid’s brother appointed new boss of Immigration Enforcement

Senior police officer Bas Javid, brother of former home secretary Sajid Javid, has been appointed director-general of Immigration Enforcement at the Home Office. Mr Javid is currently a Deputy Assistant Commissioner with the Metropolitan Police, and ...

10 Aug 2023 at 14:27

Week-long illegal working crackdown sees 75 detained

Immigration Enforcement officers have detained 75 suspected illegal workers as part of a week-long crackdown. Officers visited more than 225 businesses in the past week, particularly car washes, with 122 receiving civil penalties for employing ...

25 Aug 2024 at 00:01

Alleged Palestinian militant to appear in court over illegal entry to UK

An alleged Palestinian gunman who reportedly called for the slaughter of all Jews will appear in court over arriving in the UK on a small boat. Abu Wadee, also known as Mosab Abdulkarim Al-Gassas, was charged on Monday with knowingly arriving ...

11 Mar 2025 at 09:53

Pair arrested in operation targeting suspected people-smuggling gang

A man and a woman have been arrested in Northern Ireland in an operation targeting a suspected people-smuggling gang. A 40-year-old woman and a 26-year-old man were arrested as around 50 officers from the Government’s Immigration Enforcement ...

03 Aug 2022 at 14:14

Nail bars and car washes to see immigration raid blitz, says Home Secretary

Nail bars and car washes will be targeted by immigration officers as they step up enforcement action over the summer, the Home Secretary has announced. Writing in The Sun on Sunday, Yvette Cooper said 1,000 civil servants had been ...

20 Jul 2024 at 21:19

Scotland

Number of illegal worker arrests up by nearly a third, figures show

The number of arrests and visits on illegal workers in Scotland has risen by almost a third, new figures have shown. The Home Office’s Immigration Enforcement section arrested more than 350 illegal workers in Scotland and carried ...

28 Oct 2025 at 22:30

UK citizens overstaying in EU warned they will be ‘automatically detected’

UK nationals exceeding post-Brexit limits on how long they can spend in the EU have been warned they will be ‘automatically detected’ through a new border system coming into force this week. Travel trade organisation Abta said ...

07 Oct 2025 at 12:21

Northern Ireland

214 held by immigration enforcement for working illegally in Northern Ireland

More than 200 people have been arrested in Northern Ireland over the last year for working illegally, the Home Office said. The total of 214 for October 2024 to September 2025 was up 168% from 80 the year before. There were ...

28 Oct 2025 at 22:30

Migrants will be sent back to France ‘again and again’ – minister

The Government will keep sending migrants back to France “again and again”, a minister has said, after a man deported under the returns deal re-entered the UK. The Iranian national was detained and the Government intends ...

23 Oct 2025 at 09:57

Immigration turmoil as Mahmood says Home Office ‘not yet fit for purpose’

The Government’s immigration plans are facing fresh turmoil after a man deported to France re-entered the UK and the number of small boat arrivals this year passed the total for 2024. The setback came as Home Secretary ...

23 Oct 2025 at 00:01

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