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Today I can announce that the first Border Security Commander’s Annual Report, for the period 2025 to 2026, is being laid before Parliament.
In our manifesto, this Government promised to create a new Border Security Command to tackle the organised criminal gangs behind illegal channel crossings, with the ability to...
Today I can announce that the first Border Security Commander’s Annual Report, for the period 2025 to 2026, is being laid before Parliament.
In our manifesto, this Government promised to create a new Border Security Command to tackle the organised criminal gangs behind illegal channel crossings, with the ability to...
My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Shabana Mahmood) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:
Today I can announce that the first Border Security Commander’s Annual Report, for the period 2025 to 2026, is being laid before Parliament.
In our manifesto, this Government promised...
My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Shabana Mahmood) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:
Today I can announce that the first Border Security Commander’s Annual Report, for the period 2025 to 2026, is being laid before Parliament.
In our manifesto, this Government promised...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Prime Minister's Office press release entitled Leaders' declaration on tackling migrant smuggling, published on 17 June 2026, what additional resources will be made available to the Border Security Command as a result of the commitments made...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Prime Minister's Office press release entitled Leaders' declaration on tackling migrant smuggling, published on 17 June 2026, what additional resources will be made available to the Border Security Command as a result of the commitments made...
Approximately, 80% of migrants arriving via small boats debriefed by the Home Office stated that they have used social media at a point in their irregular migration journey, including to locate or communicate with an agent associated with an organised crime group.
The global operation of organised immigration crime for migrant smuggling and the borderless nature of the online environment means a collective international response to this online threat is therefore required. This is why online facilitation of migrant smuggling has been raised on the international agenda. The Home Secretary hosted counterparts from the USA, Australia, New Zealand and Canada in September 2025 for the Five Country Ministerial where we committed to collective action on the online element of migrant smuggling. Similarly, the UK has endorsed the G7 Action Plan which features a commitment to tackling online facilitation of migrant smuggling.
The Border Security Command (BSC) provides strategic leadership across the border security system to disrupt the activity of organised crime groups which facilitate irregular migration. As part of this, the BSC has a dedicated policy team that is responsible for engaging with online industry, including social media companies, and developing policy interventions to disrupt the exploitation of the online environment for the facilitation of migrant smuggling. The Border Security Asylum and Immigration Act 2025 introduced offences specifically addressing the online element of migrant smuggling, such as the online advertising of unlawful immigration services. BSC officials also collaborate with international partners on the development of a global policy response to this threat; this includes engaging with them to aligning approaches and progress joint policy interventions.
BSC officials have developed effective and collaborative relationships with major social media companies to develop and strengthen the Government and industry’s collective response to the threat. This engagement has built mutual understanding of how organised criminals exploit platforms to advertise unlawful immigration services and increased activity to tackle this, therefore disrupting the gangs’ ability to exploit social media platforms. As a result of this collaboration with industry, we have ensured swift removal of unlawful immigration content, with over 28,000 accounts, pages and posts, identified by the Home Office and National Crime Agency (NCA) referred to social media platforms since 2024.
Furthermore, the BSC funds the Online Communications Centre (OCC) within the NCA which primarily focuses on operational disruption of the online element of organised immigration crime. The OCC utilises this funding in part to develop enhanced intelligence, data and online capabilities to identify and remove criminal content and target facilitators.
Lastly, the Online Safety Act places statutory duties which require online services, including social media companies, to identify and mitigate the risk of illegal content on their platforms, including unlawful immigration material. In addition, online services are required to implement robust measures and reporting systems to ensure they can swiftly remove illegal content once identified. Ofcom, as the regulator, is charged with implementing the measures within the Act and ensuring compliance. With the Act providing a suite of powers that they can utilise should they encounter non-compliance.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she mas made of the performance of the Border Security Command since it was established in July 2024; and on what metrics she judges its performance.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she mas made of the performance of the Border Security Command since it was established in July 2024; and on what metrics she judges its performance.
Since the Border Security Command was established in July 2024, we have brought together a wide range of partners to organised immigration crime (OIC) and reduce small boat crossings. We have already delivered a significant amount of activity; in 2025, there were 3,625 law enforcement disruptions of OIC, 37% more than in 2024 (2,648).
The Border Security Command has a monitoring and evaluation strategy in place which seeks to robustly assess the performance and impact of the Command against its priorities and outcome framework. As is required by the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025, the Border Security Commander will publish an annual report later this year reflecting on the system's performance for the previous financial year.
The Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill will have third reading in the Lords on 17 November 2025 and returns to the Commons on 19 November.
The Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill will have third reading in the Lords on 17 November 2025 and returns to the Commons on 19 November.
Lords third reading. Bill passed and returned to the Commons with amendments.
Lords third reading. Bill passed and returned to the Commons with amendments.
Moved by
Lord Hanson of Flint
Moved by
Lord Hanson of Flint
My Lords, before we conclude the Lords stages of the Bill, I wish to express my deep sadness following the news last week of the passing of the noble Baroness, Lady Newlove. On behalf of the Home Office, I praise her dedication and her work in supporting victims, drawing on...
My Lords, before we conclude the Lords stages of the Bill, I wish to express my deep sadness following the news last week of the passing of the noble Baroness, Lady Newlove. On behalf of the Home Office, I praise her dedication and her work in supporting victims, drawing on...
My Lords, I echo the Minister’s thanks to the Bill team. I also thank him, because I cannot recall the number of meetings he has held with officials and Members who have raised issues during the passage of the Bill. That does not mean that those meetings resulted in satisfaction...
My Lords, I echo the Minister’s thanks to the Bill team. I also thank him, because I cannot recall the number of meetings he has held with officials and Members who have raised issues during the passage of the Bill. That does not mean that those meetings resulted in satisfaction...
My Lords, it has been a long time since the Bill was introduced in the other place and since then much has happened. The Government have brought forward the immigration
White Paper detailing changes to the Immigration Rules. They have established a one-in, one-out agreement with France which has so...
My Lords, it has been a long time since the Bill was introduced in the other place and since then much has happened. The Government have brought forward the immigration
White Paper detailing changes to the Immigration Rules. They have established a one-in, one-out agreement with France which has so...
I am grateful to His Majesty’s Opposition and the Liberal Democrats for their contributions to this debate. We have had some differences but I think both noble Lords will accept that the Government have a plan to try to deliver on our manifesto commitments. Additional proposals are being discussed, and...
I am grateful to His Majesty’s Opposition and the Liberal Democrats for their contributions to this debate. We have had some differences but I think both noble Lords will accept that the Government have a plan to try to deliver on our manifesto commitments. Additional proposals are being discussed, and...
Lords report stage first day. Amendments 4, 5, 8 to 11, 13 to 21 and 23 to 25 agreed to.
Lords report stage first day. Amendments 4, 5, 8 to 11, 13 to 21 and 23 to 25 agreed to.
Moved by
Lord Davies of Gower
1: Clause 1, page 1, line 6, leave out “designate a civil servant as the” and insert “appoint a”
Member’s explanatory statement
This amendment would remove the requirement for the Border Security Commander to be a civil servant.
Moved by
Lord Davies of Gower
1: Clause 1, page 1, line 6, leave out “designate a civil servant as the” and insert “appoint a”
Member’s explanatory statement
This amendment would remove the requirement for the Border Security Commander to be a civil servant.
My Lords, it is a pleasure to open our first few hours of debate on Report. Noble Lords who have taken an interest in the Bill throughout our deliberations so far may recognise Amendments 1 and 2. At both Second Reading and in Committee, I said that this new commander...
My Lords, it is a pleasure to open our first few hours of debate on Report. Noble Lords who have taken an interest in the Bill throughout our deliberations so far may recognise Amendments 1 and 2. At both Second Reading and in Committee, I said that this new commander...
My Lords, I support my noble friend Lord Davies in his amendments. They seem to me to be eminently sensible. I wholly concur with him, as do most people increasingly in the country, that there is no sense of urgency, no sense of grip and a total lack of confidence...
My Lords, I support my noble friend Lord Davies in his amendments. They seem to me to be eminently sensible. I wholly concur with him, as do most people increasingly in the country, that there is no sense of urgency, no sense of grip and a total lack of confidence...
My Lords, I wish to speak to Amendment 26 in this group, in my name and that of my noble friend Lord German, on co-operation with Europol. I think the reason it has been grouped here is that it would help boost the effectiveness of the Border Security Commander.
The Government...
My Lords, I wish to speak to Amendment 26 in this group, in my name and that of my noble friend Lord German, on co-operation with Europol. I think the reason it has been grouped here is that it would help boost the effectiveness of the Border Security Commander.
The Government...