Policeman brother of Tory ex-Cabinet minister Sajid Javid given top Home Office role and vows to ‘protect the integrity’ of Britain’s immigration system
- Bas Javid, a senior Met Police officer, will join the Home Office in November
The policeman brother of Tory ex-Cabinet minister Sajid Javid is being handed a top immigration role at the Home Office.
Bas Javid, currently deputy assistant commissioner at the Metropolitan Police, has been appointed director-general of immigration enforcement in Whitehall.
He vowed to ‘protect the integrity’ of Britain’s immigration system in his new role, which he is due to start in November.
Home Secretary Suella Braverman said his ‘wealth of law enforcement’ would boost efforts to clampdown on abuse.
Bas follows his brother Sajid, who served as home secretary between 2018 and 2019, in joining the Home Office.
They are among five high-flying Javid brothers who were born to their Pakistani bus driver father before going on to top careers in politics, business, property and the police.
Bas Javid, currently deputy assistant commissioner at the Metropolitan Police, has been appointed director-general of immigration enforcement in Whitehall
Bas follows his politician brother Sajid, who served as home secretary between 2018 and 2019, in joining the Home Office
Bas and Sajid are among five high-flying Javid brothers who were born to their Pakistani bus driver father before going on to top careers in politics, business, property and the police
Bas will be tasked with the operational response to immigration offending while collaborating closely with other law enforcement agencies, including the police and Border Force.
He has previously held key positions at Avon and Somerset Police and West Midlands Police.
‘Protecting the integrity of the UK’s immigration system is vital, so it is an honour to be appointed to this important role,’ Mr Javid said.
‘I am excited to begin leading a group of dedicated, hard-working and talented public servants to ensure we uphold our rules and laws.’
According to the Home Office, immigration enforcement visits are at their highest since 2019 and are up by almost 50 per cent on last year.
Mrs Braverman said: ‘Immigration abuse is a scourge on our society and I will leave no stone unturned in clamping down on this illegality.
‘Bas brings a wealth of law enforcement experience and will further ramp up our efforts to tackle immigration offending, as the British people would expect.’
Home Office permanent secretary Sir Matthew Rycroft, the department’s most senior official, also welcomed the appointment.
He said he looked forward to welcoming Mr Javid to the Home Office and working alongside him to ‘tackle illegal migration, which is the top priority for the department’.
The Home Office stressed Mr Javid’s appointment was overseen by the Civil Service Commission, which regulates senior civil service recruitment and ‘followed a rigorous, fair and open competition’.
Atif Javid (left) is a property investor and developer in Bristol, while Khalid Javid is a financial advisor
Tariq Javid, a supermarket chain boss, was found dead in a hotel room in July 2018
Sajid is currently MP for Bromsgrove but is planning to quit the House of Commons at the next general election.
He served in a range of ministerial roles in David Cameron, Theresa May and Boris Johnson’s governments.
This included his spell as Mrs May’s home secretary, as well as Chancellor and then health secretary under Mr Johnson.
The Javid brothers also include a top property investor, a supermarket chain boss, and a financial adviser.
Tragedy struck in 2018 when the eldest Javid sibling, Tariq, took his own life.
Sajid recently spoke of how he still wonders if ‘there’s anything I could have done’ to save his brother’s life.
The Javid brothers’ parents moved to Britain from the Punjab in the 1960s to Rochdale, Lancashire, before moving to Bristol where they lived in a two-bedroom flat.
Sajid shared a room with his parents along with one of his other brothers.
He has previously spoken of being a six-year-old interpreter for his Pakistani mother, who did not speak English for many years after arriving in Britain.
He also described how, during his childhood, he had to change his walking route to school to avoid the ‘bad kids’ who supported the National Front.
Bas’s current role as deputy assistant commissioner at Scotland Yard involves high-level responsibilities, including overseeing specific operational areas, contributing to strategic decision-making, and holding a critical position in the force’s chain of command.
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