Border Security Command

Border Security Command
Abbreviation	BSC
Agency overview
Formed	7 July 2024; 4 months ago (2024-07-07)
Jurisdictional structure
National agency	United Kingdom
Operations jurisdiction	United Kingdom
Jurisdiction of the Border Security Command
Operational structure
Elected officer responsible	Yvette Cooper, Home Secretary
Agency executive	Martin Hewitt, Border Security Command
Child agencies	Immigration Enforcement National Crime Agency Border Force MI5

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The Border Security Command (BSC) is a law enforcement agency in the United Kingdom to be responsible for coordinating the activities of Immigration Enforcement, MI5, Border Force and the National Crime Agency to attempt to tackle smuggling gangs which facilitate illegal migrant crossings over the English Channel. The first steps towards establishing it was announced in July 2024 by Home Secretary Yvette Cooper to replace the Rwanda asylum plan and will be led by the Border Security Commander, who will answer to the Home Secretary.

The command was first proposed by the Labour Party in May 2024 as an alternative to the Conservative government's Rwanda asylum plan, with the aim of tackling the ongoing crisis of illegal migrant crossings on the English Channel. After Labour's victory in the 2024 general election, the command was launched by Home Secretary Yvette Cooper on 7 July 2024.