#border-security

#border-security

Among the serene lakes, thick forest and summer houses of North Karelia's border zone, the line between Finland and Russia is almost invisible. Walking along the border path in Meriinaho, part of the Finnish border guard station of Ilomantsi, we are closer to St Petersburg than to Helsinki. This is the most easterly point of the continental European Union. Every now and then a discreet pair of matching striped fibreglass posts pop up from the blueberry patches on either side of the frontier.

They just said that they don't think the police will be sent out. We've literally gone to a camp, found a group of migrants holding life jackets, watch them get on to a public bus in plain sight of everyone. We watch them walk through Dunkirk. And we've given £800 million to France, we didn't see a police officer the whole day and now we've just phoned them. It doesn't sound they even going to bother to come out.

The European Commission has announced that the Entry & Exit System (EES) for biometric passport checks will commence on October 12, 2025, with mandatory implementation by April 2026.

Noem stated, "What we will do in a city like this is we will double down, we will put more agents here, we will put more personnel here. We will give them more equipment, more training."

As a Democrat, I’m proudly very, very pro-immigration. I’m saying let's protect the Dreamers. And I don't want to go after hardworking workers in a lot of our different industries.

HM Coastguard has been coordinating a response to multiple incidents involving small boats in the Channel this morning, 10 July. UK Border Force vessels have been sent as part of this response.

The local government declared a state of emergency, building a shelter for up to 2,600 deportees, but five months later, the shelter is nearly empty.

Rep. Nicole Malliotakis criticized Elon Musk for attempting to divide Republicans and derail the president's agenda, asserting that focus is needed on border security and tax cuts.

Greece plans to deploy navy warships near Libya's territorial waters to deter irregular migration, following a spike in migrant arrivals in recent days.

Official figures show that more than 1,500 migrants crossed the English Channel in small boats last week, escalating to 16,000, which is 42% higher than last year.

"The bill strengthens our laws to ensure law enforcement has the right tools needed to keep our borders secure, combat transnational organized crime, and stop the flow of illegal fentanyl."

"Life. That is not something that these animals cherish. Not even their own... They're willing to die for their cause... This festered, this has been tolerated."