Tony Smith CBE

MD Fortinus Global Ltd, Global Border Security Consultant. Former DG UKBF and Senior Director UKBA. Chairman of IBMATA. Lifelong QPR fan. RTs not endorsement.

[Tony Smith CBE @FortinusGlobal]

Excellent flight to Dubai thanks to @emirates and superb service at the e gates at Dubai passport control.
Funny how my passport clears e gates swiftly and easily in other countries but not at the U.K. Border, where I end up in the seek assistance line every time! @border_mgmt

[Daily Mail @DailyMail]

Home Office earmarks £647million for small-boat migrants arriving in Britain over TEN years https://t.co/6yz8py68KD

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

🚨 WATCH: Immigration Minister Mike Tapp says the new reforms to indefinite leave to remain will come in the Autumn through secondary and primary legislation

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[Home Office @ukhomeoffice]

AI technology will be rolled out at our borders in 2027 to crack down on illegal migrants who pose as children to claim asylum, dodge detention and avoid removal from the UK.

Strengthened checks will make it easier to identify those abusing protections for children.

[Simon Jones @SimonJonesNews]

13 migrants in a single boat were brought to Dover yesterday.

[Simon Jones @SimonJonesNews]

UK wins court case over collapsed Rwanda asylum deal. https://t.co/RqJUdLiDC8

[Tony Smith CBE @FortinusGlobal]

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[GB News @GBNEWS]

‘An environmental group in France has objected under French planning laws.’

Former Director General of the Border Force, Tony Smith, weighs up the legal challenges facing a deportation centre deal with France under the terms of a new migrant deal.

[Home Office @ukhomeoffice]

The number of visas issued to foreign workers has halved since its peak in 2023.

Over 100 occupations have been prevented from accessing overseas labour.

We are protecting British workers from being undercut while welcoming the high-skilled talent that our economy needs.

[GB News @GBNEWS]

'We do need help in the Border Force to cover these smaller tributaries and harbours. We don't have enough people.'

Former Director General of the UK Border Force Tony Smith discusses the UK's small boats crisis.

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[Tony Smith CBE @FortinusGlobal]

@ukhomeoffice The overall removal figures are definitely up - but only about 4% of small boat arrivals since the boats began in 2018 have actually been removed.

So as things stand the chances of getting to stay if you come by small boat are still pretty high, I’m afraid.

[Tony Smith CBE @FortinusGlobal]

@spectator Probably well worth reading - but behind the spectator paywall, unfortunately.

[GB News @GBNEWS]

Mass migration directly fuelling Britain’s youth unemployment crisis, new research finds
https://t.co/6GZz3xzcfW

[GB News @GBNEWS]

‘Pushing the problem up into the beaches of Belgium.’

GB News Home and Security editor @markwhiteTV reveals a migrant boat has launched from the furthest away beach ever recorded, as people smugglers attempt to outsmart French police patrols.

[The Telegraph @Telegraph]

Almost 10,000 foreign offenders have been sent back to their home countries under Labour's new rules that have made it easier to deport criminals from overseas

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[Simon Jones @SimonJonesNews]

77 migrants in a single boat were brought to Dover yesterday, taking the total for the bank-holiday weekend to just under 1,000 people.

[GB News @GBNEWS]

Former Director General of UK Border Force Tony Smith, assesses what is wrong with the UK's immigration policy and how the framework is not set up to detain illegal migrants.

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[Tony Smith CBE @FortinusGlobal]

@TonyIncenzo Oh yes. Nothing like it!

[Tony Smith CBE @FortinusGlobal]

@GBNEWS @CMY1952 Twas ever thus. I had hoped we would be making better use of age assessment technology to get a grip on this by now.

[GB News @GBNEWS]

‘Serious organised crime will always find a way.’

Conservative MP Katie Lam believes the only way to tackle small-boat migration is to remove the incentive to come to the UK by ensuring illegal migrants are deported.

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