{"id":83156,"date":"2026-01-05T09:33:42","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T09:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=83156"},"modified":"2026-01-05T09:33:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T09:33:42","slug":"officers-get-powers-to-seize-phones-from-small-boats-migrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/01\/05\/officers-get-powers-to-seize-phones-from-small-boats-migrants\/","title":{"rendered":"Officers get powers to seize phones from small boats migrants"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/3840\/cpsprodpb\/d1b3\/live\/9324ac30-e9b2-11f0-be34-01cfa90db790.jpg\" alt=\"People thought to be migrants onboard a small boat in Gravelines, France, on 7 November 2025. They are wearing orange life vests and the boat is black and orange.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Officers will seize\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/mobile-phones\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">mobile phones<\/a>\u00a0and Sim cards from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/migrants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">migrants<\/a>\u00a0without the need to arrest them as part of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/keir-starmer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">Keir Starmer<\/a>\u2019s pledge to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/migrants-channel-crossings-boats-starmer-mahmood-b2893060.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">\u2018smash the gangs\u2019\u00a0<\/a>smuggling people across the Channel. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/news\/uknews\/officers-get-powers-to-seize-phones-from-small-boats-migrants\/ar-AA1Tz02f?ocid=msedgntp&amp;pc=HCTS&amp;cvid=695b8412086b45ed9b910ea3c77addda&amp;ei=20\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Officers will seize\u00a0mobile phones\u00a0and Sim cards from\u00a0migrants\u00a0without the need to arrest them as part of\u00a0Keir Starmer\u2019s pledge to\u00a0\u2018smash the gangs\u2019\u00a0smuggling people across&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":75395,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[199],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-83156","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-immigration"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/starmer-Kier.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83156"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83157,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83156\/revisions\/83157"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}