9 Oct, 2013
UK e-borders scheme failing to make immigration checks – The Guardian
The Home Office’s flagship “e-borders” programme, which has taken 10 years to develop and has so far cost more than £500m, has yet to deliver significant benefits to controlling immigration and has had only a limited impact on tracking terrorists, an official watchdog has concluded.
John Vine, the independent chief inspector of borders and immigration, reveals in a report published on Wednesday that high-profile e-borders alerts are not even being routinely used to stop “high-risk individuals” – such as terror suspects, war criminals and those who have previously been deported from Britain – entering the country at ports and airports, apart from Heathrow.
The e-borders programme, which requires passengers to provide airlines with their personal details before they travel to and from Britain, began in 2004.
via UK e-borders scheme failing to make immigration checks | UK news | The Guardian.
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