#border-force — Public Fediverse posts

@AnnieBuddy
Yes, I was struck by the same: the casualness of the guy who shot & killed Renee Good, reholstering his gun & walking away. No attempt to render aid, for instance. ☹️
Maybe it’s down to their drug use… I’ve seen reports that they’re coking & mething up in their cars before getting out to wreak havoc. 🤔
Maybe they’ve become so desensitised after so much repetition with no consequences… 🤔

#USPol #drugUse #policing #BorderForce
#ICE

@Remittancegirl

You can bet most Reform UK voters think Renee Nicole Good 'Deserved it'

They say the same thing about the Hunger Strikers here, they are of the same mind as MAGA.

#ReneeNicoleGood #ReformUK #Whiteness #HomeOffice #BorderForce #UKPOL #UKPOLITICS #Filton24 #HebaMuraisi #SaveOurJuries #PalestineAction #Fascism

Asylum Seekers: UK Policy Changes and Impact in 2026

Some positive news on refugees and asylum seekers

January 2026

With the events in Venezuela, threats to occupy Greenland and continuing conflict in Ukraine, news about small boat arrivals and immigrants generally has dropped out of the news recently. Problems remain however.

Firstly, the final figure for irregular arrivals in the UK by small boats in 2025 was 41,000, the second-highest annual total ever.  The Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act is now in force, with new measures allowing Border Force to seize phones and SIM cards from irregular arrivals, ostensibly to help in tracking down smugglers.  Seizures of cash and assets of convicted smugglers are up 33% in year to September, compared to the previous year.

More positively, 5 local councils in England and Wales have declared an interest in a pilot scheme to use new build and refurbished council homes for asylum seekers as a way of removing them from hotels. The homes would be built with government money, leased to the Home Office, and then added to LA stock. The views of other prospective council home tenants have not yet been noted.

In the EU, heads of state met on 8 January to discuss its Common European System for Returns, instituted last March.  The Commission claims that only 20% of those designated for deportation actually are removed.  The effectiveness of the new system is not yet clear.  The UK government claims to have removed 50,000 claimants since it came into office in July 2024.

On the global level, Sherif A Wahab has calculated that the numbers of Displaced Persons is now double what it was in 2012; one-third of them are refugees (i.e. outside their country).  Likewise the number of refugees who have been in exile for more than 5 years has doubled over the last decade; reasons for this include conflicts lasting longer; lack of strategy at local and national levels; refusals of permanent residency and other repressive policies. Of the world’s 32 million refugees only 204,000 returned home or settled permanently in 2022 (latest figures).

‘failure of imagination and ambition’

The head of the UNHCR, Filippo Grandi – on retiring last month – expressed his views on what he saw as a failure of imagination and ambition; “the international community should invest in asylum systems to make them faster, more efficient and better able to return people who do not need the help”  In his view, governmental responsibility does not impinge on sovereignty, but is an extension of it.

The link below to an article from The Guardian looks at the working of community sponsorship schemes; it implies that the government is still committed to legal routes to resettlement.  The Home Secretary said last November that she hoped to develop this model further.

“With control [over Britain’s borders] restored, we will open up new, capped routes for refugees for whom this country will be the first, safe haven they encounter.  We will make community sponsorship the norm, so we know that the pace and scale of change does not exceed what a local area is willing to accept,” she said.

‘It takes a town to raise a family’: the community sponsors supporting refugees in the UK | Communities | The Guardian

On the campaigning front, Safe Passage International have produced for the new year a Resolutions Generator, which, when pressed, will offer a small way in which one can help or understand better.

And here’s a petition against deportations from WeMoveEurope:

Say No to Mass Deportations in Europe | WeMove Europe

AH

Previous posts:

• Asylum Seekers: UK Policy Changes and Impact in 2026
• Latest death penalty report
• Britain’s role in the destruction of Gaza
• Israel revokes licences for aid organisations
• Surge in executions in Saudi

Talk by Peter Oborne in Salisbury on 21st about his new book ‘Complicit’

#asylum #BorderForce #channelCrossings #HomeOffice #refugees

Bet he said nothing during the Child Rape scandals, but only NOW does the Catholic Church need 'sorting out'

#TomHoman #ICE #BorderForce #Catholicism #Fascism

Child sex doll heads sold as model mannequins to harness loophole

Warning: This story contains details of child sexual abuse. Child sex abuse doll torsos and disembodied heads are…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #AU #Australia #Borderforce #caitlinroper #CCTV #Childabuse #childsexabuse #childsexabusedolls #childsexdolls #China #collectiveshould #DonaldTrump #HongKong #import #shein #SocialMedia #tariffs #Temu #Trump
https://www.newsbeep.com/208791/

#eu #politics #fom #freedomofmovement #control #borderforce This must be the eagerly awaited #BrexitBenefitBollox I can hardly wait for 2029, by which time I'll have been re-programmed as a #ToryZoid. Will I get a spangley uniform from #fascist #farage ? Remember "David Davis is a horses arse" (tm) #sodem #EUFM #resist #dielinke #D66 ✊ 🇪🇺 😎
https://www.euronews.com/travel/2025/07/30/eu-announces-launch-date-for-entryexit-system-heres-how-travellers-can-prepare

You have NO rights, you are at the mercy of a probable fascist who sees you not as a human being, but an Other.

You will be degraded, humiliated and threatened, and if you get past that stage, your holiday can begin. IF, you get past that stage.

Why put yourselves through this if you didn't have to?

Have some self respect, avoid Gilead.

#USPOL #BorderForce #ICE

@Alpha1Nine

As can be seen from the #usa and sadly Australia any law imposed on a select group can easily be misused to harass any person more broadly.

We don’t need more laws suppressing our rights. We need more trustworthy and effective policing and governance.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-17/nsw-sydney-villawood-immigration-detention-centre-hotel/104993756?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=safari

#auspol #borderforce

#BorderForce #SystemicRacism #Australia

Australian citizen detained 32 times at Sydney airport accuses border force of systemic racism

<In court documents the federal government has argued there is no evidence that Igbinoba was ever discriminated against or targeted.
“There is not a skerrick of a basis to make such an allegation under the Racial Discrimination Act.”>

well, duh. *under our legal system, discretionary decision-making power is delegated to people down the chain. *discretion allows people to act within tolerances - to lean in one direction or the other without this being called an error. *discrimination is systemic when the system allows discrimination to flourish un-checked.
*most of us in the dominant caste have met/ know/ are related to some people inordinately proud of their ability to go undetected as they exercise discretion with active bias

<In its submissions, the federal government said “many of the officers … say they acted because there was an ‘alert’ attached to him as a person of interest which required them to carry out the instructions on the alert”.
The government said it opposed disclosing the details of any alerts placed on Igbinoba to the court, arguing these were “not relevant” to a case alleging racial discrimination.>

our government at work, spending our money in court, and resorting to the Nuremberg defense?

i would suggest that if mr igbinoba is really so dodgy as to justify repeated system flags and 32 instances of detention, with no resulting fine or conviction, then the people protecting us are bloody hopeless at their jobs

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/feb/26/australian-citizen-detained-32-times-at-sydney-airport-accuses-border-force-of-systemic-racism

#theguardian #racism #security #reputation #borderforce #afp

Australian detained 32 times at Sydney airport accuses border force of systemic racism https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/feb/26/australian-citizen-detained-32-times-at-sydney-airport-accuses-border-force-of-systemic-racism?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

#Australian #BorderForce #profiling impacts #Young #Asian #Women & #GenderDiverse #Travellers as potential #migrant #SexWorkers.

"I was #unfairly #targeted, #questioned, and #forced to #grant #access to my #phone without #reasonable #cause.” #transgender #woman #claims

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Australia #Travel #Tourism #PinkTourism #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Transphobia

https://lucyfromnaarm.com/p/australian-border-force-profiling

Yvette Cooper's Plan to 'Smash the Small Boat Gangs' is Doomed to Fail, Warn Border Force Whistleblowers – Byline Times
https://bylinetimes.com/2024/09/20/yvette-coopers-plan-to-smash-the-small-boat-gangs-is-doomed-to-fail-warn-border-force-whistleblowers/

#Cooper
#SmashTheGangs
#StopTheBoats
#BorderForce
#Labour
#HomeOffice
#Hewitt
#Starmer
#Rebranding
#Italy
#UKPolitcs

For #SchiffSamstag here's the UK Border Force vessel HMC Seeker shot in Southampton a couple of weekends ago. At the aft you can see one of the ship's small rigid inflatable boats about to dock through the raised rear section and up the short ramp that's there.

#SchffsSamstag #Ship #Photography #BorderForce #Southampton

The ABF are using drones to track released immigration detainees and James Paterson is not entirely happy with the idea.

And the ABF are resolutely not commenting on the matter.

#borderforce #immigration #drones #auspol

https://www.cyberdaily.au/government/10643-exclusive-james-paterson-calls-for-clarity-on-abf-s-secret-drone-surveillance-program

Director General of Sashastra Seema Bal Daljit Singh Chaudhary visits Frontier Headquarters.

https://aliyesha.com/sub/articles/news/display/bh_dg_sashtra_bal_visits_frontier_headquarters

#bihar #patna #india #press #news #border #borderforce #ssb #SashastraSeemaBal

Enjoy tracker free news reading with us. #privacy #privacymatters

#RNLI-#BorderForce row reveals ‘chaos’ in #MaritimeRescue before #Channel tragedy

Questions about #UKCoastguard’s reliance on charity after #lifeboat volunteers asked to cover for Border Force to aid stricken vessel
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/mar/03/rnli-lifeboats-coastguard-border-force-channel-tragedy-migrants
#ToryPoliciesInAction #UnderfundingPublicServices
#HMCoastguard #ToryInhumanity

Cocaine worth £450m found in cargo of bananas at Southampton Port - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-68374650

#Drugs
#Cochineal
#Bananas
#Southampton
#NationalCrimeAgency
#NCA
#BorderForce

Another day, another #HomeOffice + #BorderForce #brexit aggression against an EU citizen... its almost like they are working hard to ensure EU citizens feel insecure & precarious in the UK.

As many have noted around other aspects of law enforcement, the #ruleoflaw is fading in the UK... this looks like just one more indicator that this is the direction of travel.

Rogue Nation!

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/feb/08/italian-man-removed-from-uk-despite-post-brexit-home-office-certificate

Sashastra Seema Bal is awarded a total of 21 Gallantry Awards on the occasion of Republic Day.

https://aliyesha.com/sub/articles/news/display/bh_sashtra_seema_bal_awarded_gallantry_awards_republic_day

#bihar #patna #india #press #news #bsf #borderforce #republicday #RepublicDayIndia #awards #accolade #gallantry #naxal #naxalite #nepal #weapons #drugs #trafficking

Enjoy tracker free news reading with us. #privacy #privacymatters

#BorderForce 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
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/21/border-force-hires-private-vessels-patrol-channel-new-fleet-delayed
#ToryPoliciesInAction #Immigration #ToryIncompetence #ToryWaste

#BorderForce #MentalHealth absences rose 45% as #ChannelDeaths increased

Exclusive: #FoI request reveals #HomeOffice paid £133,000 to charity for support for frontline staff amid surge in agency’s absences
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/jan/19/border-force-staff-given-mental-health-support-as-channel-deaths-rose-home-office
#ToryPoliciesInAction #Immigration #ToryInhumanity #TheCrueltyIsThePoint

2/2

But of course they have.

Oh well, less time caring, more time filling capsules by hand.

[swearing]

#Australia #BorderForce #AgedCareInTheCommunity #AgedCareByFamily

https://www.abf.gov.au/help-and-support-subsite/CustomsNotices/2020-16.pdf

@Qldaah

Seeing the #AustralianPublicService is in far worse shape than just facilitating and permitting #RoboDebt, allowing negect and abuse to continue for years in #AgedCareBusinesses and allowing whatever s*** went down with #BorderForce.

The old slur was that #PublicServants were #Lazy.
Now they're looking like #Monsters.

#Rightwing #press in the #UK stirs up #antiLGBTQ+ #anger over #borderforce #agents and #Pride #badges.

Both #TheTelegraph and #GBNews ran #articles this week about #internal #documents which #discuss #permitting #BorderForce #guards to wear #LGBTQ+ #symbols while at work.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #UK #Conservatives #Extremism #Media #Tories #TERFS #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #TERFIsland

https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/10/11/border-force-pride-badges/

Children handcuffed and rub-down searched at UK detention sites | The Independent
#Children
#ChildDetention
#DetentionSites
#BorderForce
#ChildAsylumSeekers
#ChildRefugees
#ChildMigrants
#AsylumSeekers
#Refugees
#Migrants
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/children-handcuffed-border-force-migrants-b2340499.html

#Brexit Britain awards €43m contract to French firm #Capgemini for its #BorderForce IT systems.

https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/60bdc74e-f7d8-47bf-9c4d-e3feb7ecb888

Tonne of cocaine found floating in English Channel

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c90d5wnljxvo

#Drugs #Cocaine #UK #BorderForce #RNLI #Dover #Kent #EnglishChannel