# Yvette Cooper launches the UK Border Security Command

Date: 2024

On 7 July 2024, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper launched a new Border Security Command to coordinate the National Crime Agency, intelligence services, police and Border Force against people-smuggling gangs organising small-boat crossings of the English Channel. The accompanying Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill introduced counter-terror-style powers, including offences of up to 14 years' imprisonment for supplying small-boat parts and new powers targeting those who share logistical information aiding smugglers.

## Drivers

- Migration-policy restrictiveness and border control: https://factrail.ai/drivers/mig-policy-restrictiveness

## Sources

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## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/mig-fact-uk-border-security-command