New UK powers allow officers to seize phones and hidden SIM cards from migrants without arrest to speed up action against ...

SIMs offer faster activation, better security, and easy travel SIMs, but drawbacks include harder transfers, carrier limits, ...

Mobile phones and hidden SIM cards can be seized from migrants arriving illegally in the UK on small boats across the English ...

Law enforcement agencies can now seize electronic devices like mobile phones and SIM cards from illegal migrants without needing to arrest them. This is intended to help them gather intelligence to ...

The eSIM standard was introduced in 2016, slowly gaining support as a secondary option in smartphones. Rather than holding ...

Border guards, police and crime investigators are using new powers from Monday to examine phones and SIM cards of economic ...

The new powers come after the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act became law in December. | ITV News Meridian ...

People who are sent to Manston processing centre will be eligible for searches for electronic devices from Monday ...

Use a SIM ejector tool or paperclip to gently remove the SIM tray. Take out the SIM card and inspect it for damage, such as ...

India's Department of Telecommunications mandates SIM-binding for messaging apps like WhatsApp, requiring users to maintain their original SIM for registration. This move, effective February 2026, ...

However, it has sparked fears that the migrants will simply throw their devices into the sea before reaching the UK to avoid ...

The government of the United Kingdom have officially gained the authority to seize mobile phones from migrants without the ...