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Border Force

Border Force (BF) is a British law enforcement command within the Home Office, responsible for frontline border control operations at air, sea and rail ports in the United Kingdom. The force was part of the now defunct UK Border Agency from its establishment in 2008 until Home Secretary Theresa May demerged it in March 2012 after severe criticism of the…

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Agency executives
Phil Douglas, Director General · Steve Dann, Chief Operating Officer
Cutters
HMC Active · HMC Alert · HMC Eagle · HMC Nimrod · HMC Protector
Employees
10,000
Formed
1 March 2012; 14 years ago (2012-03-01)
Legal jurisdiction
United Kingdom
Minister responsible
Anna Turley, Minister of State for Border Security and Asylum

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Responsibilities

Organisation and operations

Officers

Common travel area

Juxtaposed controls

Vessels & Aircraft

Notable operations

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Border Force

Nodes79
Edges78
Triples154
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.025316
Components1

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Border Force

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related to Notable operations · 48
Border Force → Aberdeen, Among, April, Bahamas, Border Force Detector, CDs, CITES, Colombia, Customs, During, EU Mission, European, Farnborough Airport, February, HMC Valiant, HMS Somerset, In December, In February, In March, In September
related to Juxtaposed controls · 32
Border Force → Amsterdam Centraal, August, Belgium, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Brussels-South, Calais, Calais-Fréthun, Channel Tunnel, Disney, Dunkirk, Entry, Eurostar, Eurostar Disney, Eurotunnel Calais Terminal, For, France, June, Lille Europe, Marne-la-Vallée Chessy, Netherlands
related to After establishment · 21
Border Force → August, Chief Constable, Director General, Gold Commander, Home Affairs Select Committee, Immigration Minister Damian Green, January, July, London, Moore, Olympic Programme, On, Regional Director, September, Smith, South East, The, Tony Smith, UK Border Agency, Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Montgomery
related to Vessels & Aircraft · 11
Border Force → All, Between May, His Majesty's Cutter, HMC, HMC Protector, HMC Seeker, In, Mediterranean, MV VOS Grace, October, The Border Force
Cutters · 9
Border Force → HMC Active, HMC Alert, HMC Eagle, HMC Nimrod, HMC Protector, HMC Searcher, HMC Seeker, HMC Valiant, HMC Vigilant
related to Organisation and operations · 6
Border Force → Central, Europe, Heathrow, North, South, South East
see also · 5
Border Force → MarchesRiding, UK, UK Border ForceVisa, United KingdomFrance, Warden
related to Responsibilities · 4
Border Force → British, Home Office's Border Force, The, UKsearching
related to Officers · 3
Border Force → BF, HM's Civil Service, Members
related to Ranks and insignias · 3
Border Force → Senior Officer, Uniformed Border Force, Warranted

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border force uk officers immigration customs home police powers also 2012 port agency officer control sea work responsible may ports

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Border ForceAgency executivesPhil Douglas, Director General1.00infobox
Border ForceAgency executivesSteve Dann, Chief Operating Officer1.00infobox
Border ForceCuttersHMC Active1.00infobox
Border ForceCuttersHMC Alert1.00infobox
Border ForceCuttersHMC Eagle1.00infobox
Border ForceCuttersHMC Nimrod1.00infobox
Border ForceCuttersHMC Protector1.00infobox
Border ForceCuttersHMC Searcher1.00infobox
Border ForceCuttersHMC Seeker1.00infobox
Border ForceCuttersHMC Valiant1.00infobox
Border ForceCuttersHMC Vigilant1.00infobox
Border ForceEmployees10,0001.00infobox
Border ForceFormed1 March 2012; 14 years ago (2012-03-01)1.00infobox
Border ForceLegal jurisdictionUnited Kingdom1.00infobox
Border ForceMinister responsibleAnna Turley, Minister of State for Border Security and Asylum1.00infobox
Border ForceNational agency .mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}(Operations jurisdiction)United Kingdom1.00infobox
Border ForceOperations jurisdictionUnited Kingdom1.00infobox
Border ForceOverseen byIndependent Office for Police Conduct/His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services/ Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration1.00infobox
Border ForceParent agencyHome Office1.00infobox
Border ForcePreceding agencyUK Border Agency1.00infobox
Border ForceSpecialist jurisdictionNational border patrol, security, integrity1.00infobox

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