UK to seize phones, SIM cards in new crackdown on illegal migration

The UK implements new powers allowing law enforcement to seize phones and SIM cards from illegal migrants to combat human ...

Migrants’ phones and sim cards to be seized without need for arrest in latest small boats crackdown

Prime minister Keir Starmer said he had ordered the Home Office to close asylum hotels before the current 2029 deadline ...
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UK toughens law to cut migrant boat crossings

Police to confiscate phones and SIM cards from migrants; charities condemn new legislation, call it "anti-refugee".

Powers to seize mobile phones over Channel crossings come into force

The new powers come after the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act became law in December. | ITV News Meridian ...

Major change to small boat migrant law 'will save lives' from today

From Monday border officials will be able to seize phones and SIM cards from people who reach the UK by small boat in a bid ...
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U.K. begins seizing phones from illegal migrants to target smuggling networks

The U.K. has introduced new powers to seize mobile phones and SIM cards from migrants entering illegally. The measures do ...

Major new mobile phone rule for UK small boats migrants in fresh crackdown

However, it has sparked fears that the migrants will simply throw their devices into the sea before reaching the UK to avoid ...

Mobile phones of migrants to be seized in Channel crackdown on 'small boats' smuggling gangs

Border guards, police and crime investigators are using new powers from Monday to examine phones and SIM cards of economic ...