Staff in the #HomeOffice will not “just sit back and take” the Rwanda deal and new small boats bill, and may strike if forced to implement measures they believe are unlawful.

The Public and Commercial Services (#PCS) union, which represents almost 16,000 staff across different Home Office departments and #BorderForce, said they were buckling under “constant downwards political pressure”, “intolerable” working conditions and fear of being forced to break the law.
#Rwanda

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/home-office-strike-rwanda-small-boats-b2346380.html

#Solidarity with the half million key #UK workers on strike today for better pay and conditions. It should never have come to this.

#Teachers #CivilServants #TrainDrivers #BorderForce #UKStrikes #UKPolitics

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/31/up-to-half-a-million-to-strike-across-uk-as-talks-go-backwards?CMP=GTUK_email

Dover Border Force official arrested for being an illegal migrant.

The suspect was also one of four Border Force staff arrested in a separate probe on December 6.
#uk #borderforce
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/20881724/dover-border-force-official-arrested-migrant/

From 6-10am on @GBNEWS Breakfast tomorrow with @elliecostelloTV

With more #borderforce strikes, is it time to do away with them - and just deploy the Army? Travel chaos: how to stay ahead of the pack, plus papers with @NigelNelson & @claire_pearsall

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/MartinDaubney/status/1607796161829826560

Airports running ‘better than usual’ in ‘embarrassing’ blow to #BorderForce strikes

Passengers have said they wish the Army could man the borders permanently! #BorderFarce

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/12/23/airports-running-better-usual-embarrassing-blow-border-force/

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/MartinDaubney/status/1606610898029842434

Passengers at UK airports today faced long delays as Border Force officers walked out in the latest of a string of strikes by public sector workers over pay.

The action follows stoppages this week by nurses and ambulance workers, angered by the government's refusal to increase pay following years of wage stagnation and a cost-of-living crisis that has seen inflation running at nearly 11%.

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2022/12/23/passengers-face-long-delays-amid-passport-control-staff-strike-at-uk-airports_6008838_4.html

#UK #Strikes #Airports #BorderForce

Passengers at UK airports today faced long delays as Border Force officers walked out in the latest of a string of strikes by public sector workers over pay.

The action follows stoppages this week by nurses and ambulance workers, angered by the government's refusal to increase pay following years of wage stagnation and a cost-of-living crisis that has seen inflation running at nearly 11%.

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2022/12/23/passengers-face-long-delays-amid-passport-control-staff-strike-at-uk-airports_6008838_4.html

#UK #Strikes #Airports #BorderForce

RT @GivingCuppa@twitter.com

Politico London: #GeneralStrikeON : #BorderForce staff became the latest group to announce December walkouts Wednesday, catching ministers by surprise with the length of their eight-day action. The Times’ hears that #airlines are now being told by officials to cancel up to 30%

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/GivingCuppa/status/1600853762649649152

This is inhumane, and no one should be under any illusions that this is a recent occurrence. When I applied for my student visa in Kenya over 20 years ago, I had to go to the consulate in Nairobi for an interview... it was a harsh experience. The manner in which students from emerging markets are treated even when they have all their paperwork in order is demeaning. So many have reconsidered studying here because of this.

#HomeOffice #StudentVisa #BorderForce

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/nov/26/treated-like-a-criminal-nepali-student-wrongly-detained-at-uk-border-loses-uni-place

Exactly right. If we wish to deter illegal migrants, at the very least stop providing a free taxi service to our shores!

There is only one solution to this problem. Robust border management.
RT @Iromg: Any chance the #BorderForce and #Police could go on strike and stop helping illegal landings on our shores? #Migrants

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/benhabib6/status/1537458876018196480