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Britain shook up its troubled border agency Monday after admitting that security checks at ports and airports had been suspended or applied inconsistently for the past five years. Home Secretary Theresa May said an investigation had found that the U.K. B
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The UK Border Agency is to be stripped of its enforcement powers after an investigation uncovered a catalogue of failures that allowed hundreds of thousands of people into the country without adequate checks. Theresa May, the Home Secretary, ordered that
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Home Secretary Theresa May told MPs that the dramatic shake-up would create a new stand-alone UK Border Force. The overhaul came as a report by an independent watchdog exposed the shocking scale of the borders crisis. The 84-page report by John Vine, ind
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Algerian Abdelkader Zahali, 53, claims he was detained illegally for more than a year after he threatened to set fire to himself in front of an MP. He is demanding compensation from Theresa May's Home Office. Zahali has dodged deportation since he arrive
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The UK Border Agency (UKBA) is to be split in two following the revelation that hundreds of thousands of people were allowed to enter the country without proper checks. The Home Secretary Theresa May told MPs yesterday that the border force would become
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The troubled UK Border Agency will be split in two after hundreds of thousands of people were let into the UK without being checked against a Home Office watch list, Home Secretary Theresa May has announced. The investigation into the relaxation of borde
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The border force suspended fingerprint checks on visa holders without government approval. Picture: Thinkstock Source: Supplied BRITAIN has shaken up its troubled border agency after admitting that security checks at ports and airports had been suspended
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11:40pm UK, Monday February 20, 2012 Jon Craig, chief political correspondent The crisis-hit UK Border Agency will be split in two after hundreds of thousands of people were let into Britain without being checked against a Home Office watch list, Home Se
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For years, the Mail’s revelations of just how easy it was for illegal immigrants to enter Britain have made disturbing reading. To learn from yesterday’s official report that border controls have been even more lax than was assumed is profoundly depressi
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The troubled UK Border Agency will be split in two after hundreds of thousands of people were let into the UK without being checked against a Home Office watch list, Theresa May said today. The official investigation into the relaxation of border checks
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Bungling Theresa May tried to wriggle out of a security fiasco today by breaking up the UK Border Agency. In an attempt to dodge blame for letting hundreds of thousands of people into Britain without proper checks, the Home Secretary said the UK Border F
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LONDON Britain shook up its troubled border agency Monday after admitting that security checks at ports and airports had been suspended or applied inconsistently for the past five years. Home Secretary Theresa May said an investigation had found that th
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Home Secretary, Theresa May, says UK border agency will be split in two after security lapses and inconsistencies are revealed. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) British Home Secretary Theresa May told the House of Commons Monday that border security ch
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Official investigation reveals border security was relaxed without ministerial permission500,000 Eurostar passengers arrived in the UK without being checked against terrorist warning listWiltshire Police Chief Constable Brian Moore to be appointed as hea
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The home secretary, Theresa May, has announced that she will visit Jordan in order to obtain more promises that in the case of Abu Qatada, who was released on bail last week, such evidence will not be used against him if he is deported for retrial there.
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The UK Border Agency is to be split in two after an official inquiry report found that poor communication, poor oversight and confusion among both ministers and senior officials lay at the heart of last summer's border checks fiasco. The report into the
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Last summer, security checks at several UK airports were quietly suspended. One of the reasons was to keep queues down. An interesting idea. Imagine if Tesco tried it. “Remember, Janet: when you’ve got more than five people queuing at your check-out, jus
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The troubled UK Border Agency will be split in two after hundreds of thousands of people were let into the UK without being checked against a Home Office watch list, Theresa May said. The official investigation into the relaxation of border checks last y
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February 20, 2012 — LONDON (AP) — Britain has shaken up its border agency after admitting that security checks at ports and airports had been suspended or applied inconsistently for the past five years. Home Secretary Theresa May said Monday that an inve
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The UK Border Force is to be run independently from the UK Border Agency, following revelations that hundreds of thousands of people were let into the country without appropriate checks last year, Home Secretary Theresa May has told MPs. Mrs May made a C
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LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 08: Home Secretary Theresa May arrives at Number 10 Downing Street on December 8, 2011 in London, England. British Prime Minister David Cameron is due to travel to Brussels today to attend a summit where the leaders of European Union countries will attempt to...
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Britain's Home Secretary Theresa May arrives for a cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street in London November 29, 2011.
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Britain's Home Secretary, Theresa May (C) walks with Prime Minister David Cameron (L) and Foreign Secretary William Hague (R) as they attend a Ceremonial Welcome for the Turkish President Abdullah Gul at Horse Guards Parade in London, on November 22, 2011.
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LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 22: Home Secretary Theresa May walks across Horse Guards Parade after the official welcoming of the President of Turkey Abdullah Gul on November 22, 2011 in London, England. The President of Turkey is on a five day State visit to the UK.
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Britain's Home Secretary Theresa May walks towards Downing Street after a Ceremonial Welcome for Turkey's President Abdullah Gul on Horse Guards Parade, in central London November 22, 2011. The Turkish President is on state visit to Britain.
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Britain's Home Secretary Theresa May leaves following a cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street in central London, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011. Lawmakers will question the former head of Britain's border force over claims that checks were relaxed at dozens of ports and airports without permission.
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Britain's Home Secretary Theresa May arrives for a cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street in London November 15, 2011. The former head of the UK Border Agency, Brodie Clark, will face a committee of MPs on Tuesday following claims he improperly relaxed immigration checks. Home Secretary...
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LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 15: Home Secretary Theresa May arrives in Downing Street to attend the Weekly Cabinet Meeting on November 15, 2011 in London, England. Mrs May has revealed that 10 million people entered the UK in August 2011 alone during a pilot scheme where passport checks...
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LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 14: Home Secretary Theresa May listens as British Prime Minister David Cameron speaks during the Lord Mayor's Banquet on November 14, 2011 in London, England. Mr Cameron addressed the audience of the the Newly Appointed Lord Mayor of the City of London David...
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Britain's Home Secretary Theresa May listens as Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron (not pictured) delivers his speech at the Lord Mayor's Banquet in the City of London November 14, 2011. Traditionally, the prime minister makes a major World Affairs speech at this occasion.
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Britain's Home Secretary Theresa May talks during a reception at the Lord Mayor's Banquet in the City of London November 14, 2011. Traditionally, the prime minister makes a major World Affairs speech at this occasion.
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British Home Secretary Theresa May talks with U.S. Marine gunnery Sgt. Daniel Clark (Casper, Wy) as she reviews members of the British Royal Marine Commando 999 taking part in the annual Commando 999 Speedmarch Marathon in aid of The Royal Marines Association Saturday Nov. 12, 2011. ...
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LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 08: Home secretary Theresa May arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street on November 8, 2011 in London, England. May is due to appear before MP's on the home affairs committee later to answer questions about the UK Border Agency, after...
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Britain's Home Secretary Theresa May arrives for a cabinet meeting at Downing Street in London, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011. British lawmakers demanded to know Monday whether a policy of relaxing border checks on thousands of passengers at airports and ports could have put national security...
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Britain's Home Secretary Theresa May arrives for a cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street in central London November 8, 2011. Britain will never know for certain how many suspected terrorists and serious criminals were waved into the country since July, when border officials unilaterally...
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Britain's Home Secretary Theresa May arrives for a cabinet meeting at Downing Street in London, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011. The Home Secretary will face questions after she admitted on Monday that she had authorised officials to relax security procedures on some European travellers coming...
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Britain's Home Secretary Theresa May sits in the audience at the Osman 2012 Autumn/Winter collection during London Fashion Week in London February 20, 2012.
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