Dear Home Office,

Please treat this as a Freedom of Information request.

I would like information about the number of and reason for charges, checks, requests and/or arrests at the border regarding non EU citizens.

In particular, please supply me with:
The total number of (military) police reports, statements, charges, decisions and/or minutes regarding checks, searches and/or arrests at or near the border in the period of 1 January 2014 until and including 31 December 2020.

I am specifically looking to receive the following data.

Regarding to the documents:
- Name of the document;
- Name of the authority that issued the document;
- Place of issue;
- Date of issue;
- Reason for issue;
- Procedure/steps taken after issue;

Regarding to the person concerned and/or to whom the document is issued:
- Age;
- Nationality;
- Place of residential address;

Regarding to other details on the document, information regarding:
- List(s) of items found on and/or collected;
- Names of papers issued and/or signed;
- Is a picture taken;
- Are fingerprints taken;
- Other notes.

This may include relevant messages sent via tools such as WhatsApp, Slack, Yammer, or Signal.

I would prefer to receive information in a machine readable format, such as CSV files for data. I would prefer not to receive information in pdf format files.

I include a telephone number at which I can be contacted, if necessary, to discuss any aspect of my request.

Thank you for your consideration of this request. I look forward to hearing from you in due course.

Yours faithfully,

Geesje van Haren
The Netherlands
+31 6 22 26 32 60

Dear Home Office,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Home Office's handling of my FOI request 'Total number of and reason for charges, checks, requests and/or arrests at the border regarding non EU citizens'.

According to our findings, the Home Office is - contrary to what is stated in it's reply to my request - the department responsible for Border Force:
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisati... and https://www.gov.uk/government/organisati...

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/t...

If more information about our request is required, I am happy to provide the information needed.

Yours faithfully,

Geesje van Haren

Dear Home Office/S. Wilson,

Thank you for your reply and internal review. Yes, the explanation helps. We will contact the individual police force(s).

Yours faithfully,

Geesje van Haren