News: Government Announcements

The recruitment process for the new Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration has opened.

Close contact with the Chilean Government and the health, police and immigration authorities have enabled the Consular team to help British citizens during the pandemic.

Border Force officers at Coquelles have prevented an attempt to smuggle more than 260 kilos of cocaine into the UK in a lorry.

Border Force officers at Harwich International Port have prevented an attempt to smuggle approximately 54 kilos of cocaine into the UK.

Registered OISC immigration advisers can apply to do Judicial Review Case Management work…

Foreign & Commonwealth Office Minister Nigel Adams spoke in Parliament on FCO support for British people abroad and procuring personal protective equipment.

Following on from Stephen Shaw’s reviews of the welfare in detention of vulnerable persons in 2016 and 2018, the then Home Secretary commissioned the Chief Inspector to report on “whether and how the Adults at Risk poli…

The UK Government has flown over 22 million pieces of PPE and more than 1,000 ventilators to the NHS and Social Care Services from China over the last three weeks.

Free visa extensions will be automatically granted to more crucial overseas health and care workers.

The UK Government has flown over 21 million pieces of PPE and more than 1,000 ventilators to the NHS and Social Care Services from China over the last three weeks.

The UK and Greece have committed to deepen cooperation on irregular migration in the Eastern Mediterranean.

The Secretary of State has announced the extension of Peter Clarke’s tenure as Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons.