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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…

Concerns have been raised again that several border control posts in the United Kingdom may not be ready by January when checks on some imports from Europe are scheduled to come into force. Physical checks on products of animal origin will begin in January 2022. Import declarations start in October…

NewsUKUK PoliticsUK borders ‘about as secure as a sieve’ says shadow health secretary Shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth (UK Parliament) Labour has accused the government of a "catastrophic misstep" by failing to stop travel from India to prevent the spread of a new more virulent Covid variant. Shadow health secretary…

Research from Privacy International raises concerns about the deep involvement of technology companies in the development and deployment of various technologies throughout the UK’s border regime, along with the lack of scrutiny they receive By Sebastian Klovig Skelton , Senior reporter Published: 12 Feb 2021 10:45 Private technology firms involved…