29 4月 2025
Border Security Contracts linked to small boat Channel crossings
要約
Date Reported: 29 4月 2025
場所: イギリス
企業
Addleshaw Goddard - Other Value Chain Entity , Seacat Services - Other Value Chain Entity , Ambex Ltd - Other Value Chain Entity , Anduril Industries - Other Value Chain Entity , BAE Systems - Other Value Chain Entity , Bell Container Trading Ltd - Other Value Chain Entity , British Event Catering - Other Value Chain Entity , Capita - Other Value Chain Entity , Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu - Other Value Chain Entity , Docnloc - Other Value Chain Entity , Elbit Systems - Other Value Chain Entity , Enterprise Rent-A-Car - Other Value Chain Entity , Entrust - Other Value Chain Entity , Fast Engineering - Other Value Chain Entity , Fujitsu - Other Value Chain Entity , G4S - Other Value Chain Entity , Galliford Try - Other Value Chain Entity , IBM - Other Value Chain Entity , The Kings Ferry - Other Value Chain Entity , Leidos - Other Value Chain Entity , Lifting Gear & Safety Ltd - Other Value Chain Entity , Mitie - Other Value Chain Entity , Kongsberg - Other Value Chain Entity , RGES International Ltd - Other Value Chain Entity , Serco - Other Value Chain Entity , Speedy Hire - Other Value Chain Entity , Survitec Group Limited - Other Value Chain Entity , Tekever - Other Value Chain Entity , Versadock - Other Value Chain Entity , Wagtail - Other Value Chain Entity関連
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Public: ( Number unknown - Location unknown - Sector unknown , Gender not reported )課題
Right of Asylum回答
Response sought: Yes, by Resource Centre
Story containing response: (Find out more)
取られた措置: In June, the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre invited all companies named in the report to respond to the findings. Addleshaw Goddard, British Event Catering, G4S, Kongsberg Norcontrol, Mitie, Serco, and Tekever responded to the Resource Centre. Ambex, Anduril Industries, BAE Syetems, Bell Container Trading, Capita, Deloitte, Docnloc, Elbit Systems, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Entrust, Fast Engineering, Fujitsu, Galliford Try, IMB, Kings Ferry, Leidos, Lifting Gear & Safety, RGES International, Seacat Services (parent of Aeolian Offshore), Speedy Asset Services, Survitec Group, Versadock and Wagtail UK did not respond. The Resource Centre also received a statement from Management Consultancies Association, which can be read in full below.
情報源のタイプ: NGO
…This briefing has been produced by a team of researchers from the Universities of Liverpool, York, Sheffield and Nottingham. It is part of a larger project, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) which is exploring UK government responses to small boat Channel crossings.
There are no safe or legal routes by which to enter the UK in order to make an application for asylum, and we know that a majority of people who cross apply for asylum and are recognised as refugees. Small boat Channel crossings started in 2018. This happened because other routes to enter the UK to claim asylum (such as stowing away in lorries) had become very difficult as a consequence of enhanced border security in Northern France. People who cross the Channel in small boats often seek the services of smugglers.
Both the Conservative and Labour governments of recent years have drawn attention to the profits being made from the business of smuggling. As part of our research, we were interested to find out how much money is being made by the legal flip side of this business of smuggling: the business of bordering…