The department is currently engaging with both potential tech suppliers and other branches of government to assess whether tests administered as part of immigration system could be undertaken at home […]...

In the same week as Emmanuel Macron and Keir Starmer agree a new collaboration on tackling Channel crossings, the department has unveiled an intended deployment of upgraded modern surveillance tech […]...

Firms and research organisations in this country are being encouraged to apply for a possible role to work alongside leading counterparts from across Europe in the creation of antenna facilities […]...

Saint Helena, which forms part of a UK overseas territory about 4,000 miles from the British mainland, can lay claim to being home to the world’s most remote full-time population […]...

Departmental programme dedicated to delivering and supporting crucial tech platforms used in border and immigration settings has awarded a major contract to help ensure systems are based on consistent foundations […]...

Entry/Exit System will require UK nationals travelling Schengen area countries to complete a registration process including the provision of biometric info and may lead to travel delays, government has advised […]...

UK nationals living or travelling overseas and seeking information or support from the government can now be assisted by automated systems, as part of wider departmental use of new technologies […]...

The cost of new technology platforms has been pegged as one of the biggest costs associated with the previous administration’s plan to send asylum seekers to the east African country […]...

Ministers have revealed that, while there were various discrete connectivity issues encountered in 2023 by the IABS platform used to process facial and fingerprint data, no catastrophic failures were recorded […]...