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@ L3AI
2025-05-25 05:18:49
👉 The UK Border Force is under military command, reflecting a wider trend of 'hyper-militarisation' in policing across Europe.
👉 The report highlights the use of 'less-lethal weaponry' such as Tasers, which have caused life-changing injuries and deaths.
👉 The authors argue that this trend is part of a broader increase in 'paramilitary and political policing' across Europe.
👉 The report cites the Home Office's 2020 request for Ministry of Defence support and the creation of a new post of clandestine Channel threat commander as evidence of the Channel becoming 'hyper-militarised'.