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National Crime Agency warn that organised crime groups may try to exploit the coronavirus outbreak to target the UK UK Border

National Crime Agency warn that organised crime groups may try to exploit the coronavirus outbreak to target the UK

The National Crime Agency today warned that organised crime groups may try to exploit the coronavirus outbreak to target the UK. Despite the unprecedented situation with the pandemic, the NCA is continuing to protect the public and leading the UK’s fight to cut serious and organised crime throughout this difficult…
bubmag
March 22, 2020
Migrants wearing coronavirus facemasks arrive in Dover after crossing Channel by dinghy UK Border

Migrants wearing coronavirus facemasks arrive in Dover after crossing Channel by dinghy

Migrants wearing facemasks arrive in Dover after crossing Channel by dinghy - and are tested for coronavirus by Border Force officersBorder Force officials were pictured escorting the migrants at the Port of DoverIt's believed the migrants were tested for COVID-19 (coronavirus) upon arrivalThey were detained by Border Force and handed over…
bubmag
March 19, 2020
Coronavirus: global crackdown sees a rise in unlicenced medical products related to COVID-19 UK Border

Coronavirus: global crackdown sees a rise in unlicenced medical products related to COVID-19

This year’s operation identified a disturbing trend of criminals who are taking advantage of the COVID-19 outbreak by exploiting the high market demand for personal protection and hygiene products. Operation Pangea XIII took place from March 3 to 10 and involved police, customs and health regulatory authorities from 90 countries,…
bubmag
March 19, 2020
Border Force catches migrants off Kent as charities warn thousands in Calais at risk of coronavirus UK Border

Border Force catches migrants off Kent as charities warn thousands in Calais at risk of coronavirus

Border Force officers have detained and tested 25 migrants for Covid-19 after intercepting their boats off the coast of Kent in two separate incidents today. Officers first intercepted a rigid-hull inflatable boat (RHIB), which was carrying a group of 16 men who presented themselves as Iranian nationals, at around 4.30am today. In…
bubmag
March 17, 2020
Find The Antibodies UK Border

Find The Antibodies

What an amazing weekend. I’m all full up on the warm feelings that come from spending time with both old and new friends. First, it was Food Forest of Souls at Treadwell’s, with Jay. The next day, it was Avenging Angels with Peter and Alkistis. This was a special kind…
bubmag
March 16, 2020
Coronavirus Outbreak Could Last a Year, Result in 4 in 5 Infected, 7.9m Hospitalised: Report UK Border

Coronavirus Outbreak Could Last a Year, Result in 4 in 5 Infected, 7.9m Hospitalised: Report

The coronavirus outbreak could last for a year and could result in 80 per cent of Britons being infected with nearly eight million hospitalised, according to a Public Health England (PHE) document seen by The Guardian. The government’s worst-case scenario is that as many as four in five people contract…
bubmag
March 16, 2020
Coronavirus fears raised after five migrants enter Portsmouth from Europe without being quarantined UK Border

Coronavirus fears raised after five migrants enter Portsmouth from Europe without being quarantined

UK Border Force officials detained five unaccompanied youngsters at Portsmouth International Port on Wednesday morning after they were caught trying to sneak into the UK.The asylum seekers, who Home Office officials said had fled from Sudan, have since been taken into the care of Portsmouth City Council.But health fears have…
bubmag
March 14, 2020
Budget 2020 – Tax agent blog UK Border

Budget 2020 – Tax agent blog

This week the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP, delivered the government’s Budget. Budget 2020 contained a number of measures that relate to the work of HMRC and the tax agent community. We have summarised some of the key measures for you below. You can find out more information…
bubmag
March 13, 2020
Child refugee with gunshot wound detained on French border amid ‘serious concerns’ about treatment of youngsters trying to reach UK UK Border

Child refugee with gunshot wound detained on French border amid ‘serious concerns’ about treatment of youngsters trying to reach UK

The Home Office has been criticised after a child refugee with a gunshot wound was detained by UK border officials on the French coast. A report by the Prison Inspectorate raises "serious concern" about safeguarding and the legality of detention in a number of short-term holding facilities in northern France through which UK…
bubmag
March 13, 2020
The UK’s spineless universities are all too willing to do the Home Office’s bidding UK Border

The UK’s spineless universities are all too willing to do the Home Office’s bidding

The latest round of University and College Union (UCU) strikes have always been about more than pensions and working conditions. They are part of a broader struggle against exploitative conditions in higher education, conditions that disproportionately affect migrant academics, staff and students.  The three rounds of UCU strike action have…
bubmag
March 7, 2020