US EditionHome Office Enforces New Law to Prosecute Social Media Ads for Illegal UK Migration
The UK targets social media ads for illegal migration with new law enabling proactive prosecutions and up to five-year prison sentences, shutting 10,000 accounts last year.
- On Monday the Home Office activated part of the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act to criminalise social media users posting adverts on illegal migration routes, with penalties up to five years in prison.
- To disrupt people‑smuggling gangs, the government aims to stop boat motors made in China, which accounted for 60% of last year's crossings, from reaching smugglers, according to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.
- The Home Office examples include TikTok posts in Pashto offering a one-hour jet boat and truck adverts promising two-hour travel to London, with the NCA’s Online Communications Centre set to trawl thousands of accounts last year.
- Prosecutors can now pursue posts published before migrants reach UK soil without proving a crossing, targeting service agents, as Border security minister Alex Norris called such ads "truly sickening."
- So far this year, a total of 933 people have arrived in the UK by crossing the English Channel, with no one making the journey since January 20 and a 12-day run without crossings confirmed on Sunday.
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Sky News UK
Great Yorkshire RadioPeople advertising illegal smuggling routes into UK to face five-year prison sentences
Changes to the law made last year will be enforced from Monday as the government continues efforts to reduce small boat crossings. In a message to smugglers, the border security minister said the government is "coming for you".
The Independent
The Independent (US)Social media users who tout illegal routes into UK face up to five years in prison
Border security minister Alex Norris said his message to people smugglers is: ‘We are coming after you’ as the government launched its fresh social media crackdown
Social media users who tout illegal routes into UK face up to five years in prison – UK Times
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email Social media users who tout illegal routes into the UK face up to five years in prison as the Home Office continues its attempt to crack down on small boat crossings. On Monday, ministers will activate part of the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act, passed last year, to …
Home Office to begin crack down on migrant social media ads
Social media users who tout illegal routes into the UK face up to five years in prison, starting on Monday. The Home Office will activate part of the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act, passed last year, as part of its crackdown on adverts telling migrants how they can circumvent immigration checks. Border security minister Alex Norris said his message to people smugglers is: “We are coming after you.” The National Crime Agency (NCA) On…
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