Changing Borders – A Kingdom Unlocked 

by 

Tony Smith CBE

with

Tony Smith CBE
Former Director General, UK Border Force

Robert C. Bonner
Former Commissioner, US Customs and Border Protection

Nusrat Ghani MP
Member of Parliament for Wealden
and Senior Fellow, Policy Exchange

David Goodhart
Head of Immigration, Integration and Demography,
Policy Exchange

Glyn Williams CB
Former Director General, Migration and Borders Group,
UK Home Office

About the book

Tony Smith CBE spent his career managing our increasingly threatened UK border controls, from junior immigration officer to Head of the UK Border Force. He spent more than four decades in the front line of the conflict between those who argue for open borders and free movement and those whose focus is on building
barriers. He played a prominent role in managing security on both sides of the Atlantic after the 9/11 attacks in North America. Along the way he has worked constantly to make controls more efficient, better informed and fairer, yet less vulnerable to abuse. After retirement in 2013, he became a prominent media spokesman on border control issues, from tackling organised immigration crime, human smuggling and terrorist travel to managing borders through Brexit and beyond. This is his story.