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Media caption, Watch in full: UK using migrants as scapegoats - Albanian PM Edi Rama Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama has accused the UK of scapegoating his citizens to excuse its "failed policies" on borders and migration. He told the BBC that Home Secretary Suella Braverman's remarks about the UK…

By James Gregory BBC News Image source, ZSL Image caption, The handbag was seized by UK border officials and handed to the zoo Monkeys, penguins, and lions are just some of the animals you would normally expect to see on a visit to ZSL London Zoo. But head to its…

Home Secretary Priti Patel has set out plans to begin the rollout of secure “contactless” border crossings, as part of a wide-ranging announcement on the future the UK Border. The Home Office is set to begin testing technologies that would allow some passengers to enter the UK and undergo automated…

TOKYO: Waseda University and the embassy of Oman held a joint cultural evening to mark the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Japan and Oman. Dr. Mohamed Said Al Busaidi, the Ambassador of the Sultanate of Oman to Japan made the opening speech in front of approximately 80 students and…

M ore than 200 people have crossed the Channel to Dover after an apparent pause of 11 days, the PA news agency understands. Witnesses saw large groups being brought ashore by UK Border Force officials on Sunday, BBC News reported. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is understood to be aware of…

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Border Force officials could strike over Priti Patel’s “morally reprehensible” plans to turn back dinghies in the Channel, a union has said. The Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS), which represents the vast majority of Border Force staff who would implement the “pushbacks”, has joined forces with the refugee charity…

(File, Photo by Joseph Okpako/Getty Images) Britain's busiest airport, Heathrow, said on Friday that a systems failure is affecting the e-gates which allow people to cross the border in the airport, adding that the issue was also affecting other points of entry. The e-gates are staffed and operate by Britain's…

Oleksii Nykonchuk - stock.adobe.com The Home Office confirms the UK Border Force electronic passport gates are up and running again after passengers complain of missed flights due to earlier immigration processing delays By Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK Published: 24 Sep 2021 16:59 An IT system failure that blighted the…

Getting to grips with . . . Ministers insist new quarantine-free rules for US and EU travellers are safe by The Week team 29 Jul 2021 Allowing US and EU tourists into the UK without quarantine will leave the country vulnerable to new Delta-like Covid variants, Labour has warned. The government…