The minister of state for Border Security and Asylum is a senior role in the British Home Office with responsibility for tackling irregular migration.
It was previously known as the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice and Tackling Illegal Migration, previously known as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Immigration Compliance and Courts and held in both the British Home Office and the Ministry of Justice. It was last held as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State by Simon Baynes MP who took the office on 8 July 2022 after a cabinet reshuffle.
Responsibilities The minister previously had the following responsibilities:
Border Security Command: reducing small boat arrivals and organised immigration crime reducing the asylum caseload, exiting hotels and reducing the supported population Immigration Enforcement: Increasing returns (including FNOs), immigration detention estate expansion, illegal working asylum, illegal migration and returns policy, safe and legal policy and refugee resettlement policy reducing net migration: legal migration policy tackling visa abuse innovative solutions Immigration White Paper implementation European Entry and Exit System modern slavery policy as it relates to immigration status
List of officeholders
NamePortraitTerm of officePolitical partyPrime MinisterHome Secretary Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Immigration Compliance and Courts Chris Philp 10 September 2019 16 September 2021 Conservative JohnsonPatel Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice and Tackling Illegal MigrationTom Pursglove17 September 20217 July 2022 Conservative JohnsonPatelSimon Baynes8 July 20228 September 2022 ConservativeMinister of State for Migration and Borders until 29 October 2022Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State from 30 October 2022 Simon Murray, Baron Murray of Blidworth 7 October 2022 14 November 2023 Conservative Truss Sunak BravermanShapps Minister of State for Countering Illegal MigrationMichael Tomlinson7 December 20235 July 2024 Conservative SunakCleverly Minister of State for Border Security and AsylumAngela Eagle8 July 20246 September 2025 Labour StarmerCooperAlex Norris6 September 202520 July 2026 Labour Co-opMahmoodAnna Turley21 July 2026IncumbentLabour Co-opBurnham
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