National Border Targeting Centre

The National Border Targeting Centre (NBTC) is a division and site of the Border Force in the United Kingdom, that collates and processes data on people entering and leaving the UK. It is the information-processing site that keeps track of migration into the UK. It operates 24 hours a day.

History

It was opened on Thursday 11 March 2010 by the UK Border Agency (UKBA). The e-Borders systems had been launched in May 2009, with Project Semaphore running as a prototype from 2004. It replaced the Joint Border Operations Centre (JBOC) at Heathrow, a much smaller site.

Structure

The site is run by the Home Office. It has around 200 staff in Wythenshawe, Manchester.

Function

Passengers on flights entering and leaving the UK are screened by the NBTC. The airlines pass data (passenger name record, or PNR) on each passenger to the NBTC, including date of birth. The NBTC tracks former flights taken by each individual going back up to a decade, and determines whether an individual's flight history could be suspicious. Each individual is checked against criminal record databases. Exit checks are conducted at ferry ports connecting to European ports by the ferry operators.

It looks at the e-Borders Semaphore system for suspects. It tracks around 250 million passenger movements per year. It operates the Pre-Departure Checks Scheme.

References

"Border surveillance plan unveiled". 29 September 2004. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
Report
"E-borders snares 2,800 criminals at the border". GOV.UK. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
"- Port of Dover". www.doverport.co.uk. Retrieved 14 April 2018.

UK Border Force

General

Cutters

42m customs cutter	HMC Seeker HMC Searcher HMC Vigilant HMC Valiant
Telkkä-class	HMC Protector
20m coastal patrol vessel	HMC Active HMC Alert HMC Eagle HMC Hunter HMC Nimrod HMC Speedwell
25m Catamaran	BF Hurricane BF Ranger BF Defender BF Typhoon
Others	List of Customs Cutters MV VOS Grace

See Also

v t e Borders of the United Kingdom and its Overseas Territories
United Kingdom	International land and maritime boundaries: Ireland Metropolitan France (English Channel) Maritime boundaries: Denmark Netherlands Belgium Germany Norway Internal boundaries: England–Scotland England–Wales Irish Sea border
British Overseas Territories	Land and maritime boundaries: Cyprus Spain Maritime boundaries: Bahamas Cuba Dominican Republic Caribbean France Pacific France Honduras Haiti Jamaica Caribbean Netherlands United States Venezuela

v t e Home Office
Ministers	Home Secretary Minister of State for Security Minister of State for Border Security and Asylum Minister of State for Home Affairs Minister of State for Policing, Fire and Crime Prevention Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Migration and Citizenship Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls
Civil Service	Permanent Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office
Divisions	Border Force HM Passport Office Homeland Security Group Immigration Enforcement National DNA Database UK Visas and Immigration
Non-departmental public bodies	Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs Animals in Science Committee Biometrics and Forensic Ethics Group Disclosure and Barring Service Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority Migration Advisory Committee Independent Office for Police Conduct Investigatory Powers Tribunal Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner Security Industry Authority

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