Border Security Command
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The Border Security Command (BSC) is a law enforcement agency in the United Kingdom to be responsible for coordinating the activities of Immigration Enforcement, MI5, Border Force and the National Crime Agency to attempt to tackle smuggling gangs which facilitate illegal migrant crossings over the English Channel. The first steps towards establishing it was announced in July 2024 by then-Home Secretary Yvette Cooper to replace the Rwanda asylum plan and is now led by the Border Security Commander, who answers to the home secretary. The command was first proposed by the Labour Party in May 2024 as an alternative to the Conservative government's Rwanda asylum plan, with the aim of tackling the ongoing crisis of illegal migrant crossings on the English Channel. After Labour's victory in the 2024 general election, the command was launched by Home Secretary Yvette Cooper on 7 July 2024. In March 2026 it was announced that Martin Hewitt, the first Commander, would step down. He has been replaced by Duncan Capps, who previously ran the operational arm of the BSC as Director Small Boats Operations, on an interim basis.
The Border Security Command (BSC) is a law enforcement agency in the United Kingdom to be responsible for coordinating the activities of Immigration Enforcement, MI5, Border Force and the National Crime Agency to attempt to tackle smuggling gangs which facilitate illegal migrant crossings over the English Channel. The first steps towards establishing it was announced in July 2024 by then-Home Secretary Yvette Cooper to replace the Rwanda asylum plan and is now led by the Border Security Commander, who answers to the home secretary. The command was first proposed by the Labour Party in May 2024 as an alternative to the Conservative government's Rwanda asylum plan, with the aim of tackling the ongoing crisis of illegal migrant crossings on the English Channel. After Labour's victory in the 2024 general election, the command was launched by Home Secretary Yvette Cooper on 7 July 2024. In March 2026 it was announced that Martin Hewitt, the first Commander, would step down. He has been replaced by Duncan Capps, who previously ran the operational arm of the BSC as Director Small Boats Operations, on an interim basis.
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