What the Home Office does. The Home Office has been at the front line of this endeavour since 1782. As such, the Home Office plays a fundamental role in the security and economic prosperity of the United Kingdom. Home Office is a ministerial department, supported by 30 agencies and public bodies. Home Office UK Visas and Immigration Contact. If you have any other general immigration enquiries for settlement or visas, you can call the Home Office UK Visas and Immigration contact centre at 0300 123 2241 or the textphone services at 0800 389 8289. The phone lines are open from Monday to Thursday, 9am to 4:45pm and Friday, 9am to 4:30pm.

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Immigration Enforcement(IE) is a division of the Home Office responsible for enforcing immigration law in the United Kingdom. It was established from the section of the former UK Border Agency (UKBA) responsible for enforcing immigration law.

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History[edit]

Former Home Secretary Theresa May announced the abolition of the UK Border Agency on 26 March 2013, with the intention that its work would be returned to the Home Office.^[1] The agency's executive agency status was removed and internally it was split, with one division responsible for the visa system and the other for immigration enforcement.^[2][3]

Role[edit]

Immigration Enforcement is responsible for enforcing the United Kingdom's immigration laws by conducting 'visits' to residential and business premises. These visits can often be conducted with a court-issued warrant, in which forced entry may be used if necessary, in order to apprehend immigration offenders. Immigration Officers (IOs) [also referred to as Immigration Enforcement Officers] have a number of powers which allow them to carry out such enforcement work. Whilst on a visit, IOs will question encountered individuals about their immigration status and will arrest anyone found to be in breach of immigration law.

Arrest IOs, for the most part, will not deal with immigration offences as 'criminal matters' (seeking to prosecute), unless they are apart of a crime team (see Criminal & Financial Investigation section for more). In the vast majority of cases, a person who has been arrested will be served paperwork notifying them of their imminent removal from the United Kingdom, without any court involvement. This is known as 'Administrative Removal' and should not be confused with 'Deportation.'

Departments[edit]

Immigration Enforcement has a number of internal departments, including Criminal & Financial Investigation (CFI) which is a non-uniformed, investigatory unit much like the Criminal Investigation Department within territorial police forces, responsible for investigating criminality surrounding immigration, such as the production of false documents, etc. IE also has its own Intelligence Department, which is responsible for gathering and disseminating information, as well as other functions.Immigration Enforcement has signed up to the Professionalising Investigations Programme (PIP).

The organisation works very closely with other government bodies including police, National Crime Agency, Border Force, UK Visas and Immigration, the National Document Fraud Unit and many more. IE will often work collaboratively with local councils and transport authorities in order to carry out targeted operations.

Criminal and Financial Investigation[edit]

The primary role of the unit is to investigate and disrupt serious organised crime groups who are seeking to undermine the UK’s immigration controls at the border and inland via various criminal means. These teams are regionally based and are made up of immigration officers and seconded police officers who work in joint investigation teams as part of the Home Office.

CFI Teams originally started in the UK Border Agency as the agencies own investigation teams, covering both immigration investigations and Customs investigations, mainly drug seizures, that weren't undertaken by the National Crime Agency

Criminal and Financial Investigations (CFI) teams focus on investigating 8 main categories of crime which support other work streams. Those categories include:

1). Trafficking in human beings (THB) and Modern Slavery Act 2015 offences, this could be trafficking for:

• the sex industry
• organ harvesting
• forced labour
• other forms of involuntary servitude

2). Facilitation through:

• lorry drops (clandestine entrants)
• marriage abuse
• college abuse
• rogue employers
• producing or supplying counterfeit or forged documents
• other means

3). Cash seizures of over £1,000 referred from Immigration Compliance and Enforcement (ICE) teams and others, under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. ^[4]

Officers in CFI, who have the same arrest powers as a Police Constable under Section 24 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act, are required to pass the National Investigators Exam, which has been amended to additionally test Immigration knowledge, before completing the Initial Crime Investigators Development Programme (ICIDP) [PIP 2]. Once officers have completed their portfolio, they are added on to the national Criminal Investigators register and are the equivalent to a Detective Constable but hold a PACE authority of a Detective Sergeant.

Powers[edit]

Arrest officers are warranted and derive the majority of their powers from the Immigration Act 1971, although some powers are acquired from the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 and the UK Borders Act 2007, as well as others.

In the vast majority of cases, Immigration Officers will use 'administrative powers' under Schedule 2 of the Immigration Act 1971. Said powers include the execution of warrants and the power of arrest, as well as powers to search arrested persons and to search premises for evidence relating to a person's immigration status (passport, visa, plane tickets, etc.). These powers are used to start a process of 'removing' a person administratively - this is often confused with 'deportation,' which is a different process entirely. Once an IO has arrested a subject, they must seek authority to detain them and serve paperwork upon them. If and when this is granted, authority must then be sought to remove the subject back to their country of origin, possibly through an EU nation or via another transit point. This process ensures that no single officer can remove an individual from the United Kingdom without question - the arresting IO must explain and account for their actions before a CIO / HMI will approve detention and removal. In the event of a senior officer making an arrest, he/she must still obtain authority from another senior officer to detain and serve paperwork.

Others include '28' powers (sections 28A, 28B, 28C, etc.) of the Immigration Act 1971, which are similar to those in Schedule 2, but are criminal powers and not administrative. These are rarely used by standard arrest officers, but still form a large part of an IO's powers. These powers are more likely to be used in cases of 'high harm' offenders (individuals involved in criminality) and other cases where a subject is likely to face prosecution (repeat offenders, use of forged documents, etc.).

It is an offence to obstruct or assault an IO. Officers can arrest anyone (including British nationals and EU citizens) if they suspect them of committing such an offence. The powers of arrest are contained within Section 28A(5) of the Immigration Act 1971 and Section 23(1) of the UK Borders Act 2007 respectively.

Since 2013, CFI officers were designated with additional powers to a typical Immigration Officer. These were introduced to increase accountability, and reduce confusion during multi agency working. These powers were added under Police and Criminal Evidence Order (Application to Immigration Officers) 2013. These powers can only be executed for criminal investigations, and by specially trained and designated officers. The PACE order 2013 affords Criminal Investigators the same powers as a constable in relation to arrest, entry and search.

Rank insignia[edit]

Uniformed Immigration Officers have their rank displayed on shoulder epaulettes, attached to their wicking shirt, jumper, jacket and stab vest. Officers below HM Inspector rank will usually have their warrant / identification number displayed.

The rank structure adopted within Home Office Immigration Enforcement is as follows:

• Administrative Assistant (unwarranted)
• Assistant Immigration Officer
• Immigration Officer
• Chief Immigration Officer
• Her Majesty's Inspector
• Assistant Director
• Deputy Director
• Director
• Senior Director
• Director General

There are equivalent grades which mirror the rest of the Civil Service.

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The PACE order 2013 introduced that a Chief Immigration Officer is the equivalent to a Police Inspector in relation to lawful authorities. A CIO is also a designated Senior Officer under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.

As far as legislation is concerned, there is no difference between an Assistant Immigration Officer and an Immigration Officer. The Home Office has introduced procedural differences. There are differences between the two ranks within Border Force, as only an Immigration Officer has the power to authorise a persons entry/admission in to the UK.

Uniform[edit]

The current uniform for arrest officers includes: wicking shirt, cargo trousers, v-neck jumper, fleece, coat and in some instances a baseball cap. The entire uniform is navy blue. Chamkila dharmik songs. Officers also carry items of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), including speedcuffs, extendable baton (ASP) and a black stab-proof vest is also worn.

Method of Entry (MoE) officers will usually wear a black boiler suit and protective helmet. These officers have access to a wide array of equipment, allowing them to force entry to premises if required.

In a similar fashion to police officers wearing The Thin Blue Line Union Flag patches, some Immigration Officers wear a Thin Purple Line badge (although not officially part of the uniform). This patch is worn jointly by officers from IE and Border Force, with the colour purple coming from the corporate image of the Home Office. This patch represents the 'thin line' of officers protecting the UK's border - the badge can also be used to represent fallen officers, as a mark of respect. Other government services have also adopted this symbolism, for example the Ambulance Service (Thin Green Line) and the Fire Service (Thin Red Line).

Vehicles[edit]

Immigration Enforcement teams employ a range of different vehicles. Before the organisation's inception, the previous agency (UK Border Agency) used unmarked vehicles, but a change in policy has led to IE using marked 'battenburg' vehicles to improve high visibility, falling into line with the police. The majority of vehicles are vans: Volkswagen Transporters, Mercedes Sprinters and Mercedes Vitos form the majority of the fleet. Some vans contain a cell where detained persons can be placed and safely transported to custody.

Marked vehicles are clearly identifiable by their 'battenburg' markings, which are a combination of sky & navy blue chequered squares, surrounded by high-visibility yellow stripes above and below - vehicles also have 'Chapter 8' chevrons on the rear. All vans clearly display 'Immigration Enforcement' on the front, sides and rear; Home Office logos are also present on each side.

Unlike the police, marked IE vehicles do not have emergency lighting or sirens as the role of an IO does not require them to engage in response driving. However, some marked vans do have flashing 'rear reds' which can be used if the vehicle is parked and the driver needs to alert other road users to the vehicle's presence (e.g. if the vehicle is parked on a main road or is a potential hazard).

Since the change to marked vehicles in some instances, IOs have had their vehicles damaged, with tyres slashed and windows broken. The most well-known instance of this was an attack on IOs in Shadwell, East London in September 2015.[10] Whilst IOs conducted a visit to a shop in the area, a number of people attacked their vehicles, resulting in damage to a number of vans and an unmarked car.

Political issues, confrontations & controversy[edit]

In 2014, a number of Immigration Enforcement intelligence documents forming part of the 'Operation Centurion' campaign were leaked to campaign groups and the media. The information revealed caused controversy, particularly as they gave the impression that operations were widely based on 'racial profiling' targeting particular ethnic groups. The then chairman of the House of Commons Home Affairs Committee, Keith Vaz MP, stated that 'judging by what I've heard from this document it seems very clear that this is not based on intelligence, but they refer to particular nationalities and particular industries that they are involved in'.^[5]

A report published in August 2016 by Corporate Watch highlighted a number of areas of controversy surrounding Immigration Enforcement operations against 'illegal working'.^[6] The main points included:

• Racial bias. Workplace raids are massively skewed towards certain ethnic groups; people from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and India make up 75% of all those arrested.
• 'Low grade' intelligence. While claiming to be 'intelligence led', the majority of operations are based on 'low grade' tip-offs from 'members of the public', classified as 'uncorroborated' information from 'untested sources' in the official intelligence rating system.
• Entry without warrants. In the majority of raids, Immigration Enforcement teams do not in fact have court-issued warrants. A sample carried out by the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration in December 2015 found that teams had warrants in only 43% of cases. In many other raids, Immigration Officers claimed they had 'informed consent' to enter premises. But the Inspector noted numerous irregularities in Immigration Officers' understanding of 'consent', and that there was no record keeping to actually demonstrate whether or how consent had been given.^[7]
• Independent Chief Inspector's criticisms. An earlier 2014 report by the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration strongly criticised Immigration Enforcement for entering premises without warrants, including doing so unlawfully, and widely abusing the system of 'Assistant Directors' Letters' to enter without due legal process.^[8]
• Abuse of 'consensual questioning'. The Independent Chief Inspector found that, contrary to legal guidance, raid teams routinely round up and interrogate everyone in a premises, whether or not they are a named suspect. They are only supposed to ask 'consensual questions' of people who are not named suspects. However, according to the Inspector, “In the 184 files we sampled there was no record of anyone being ‘invited’ to answer ‘consensual questions’. The files showed that officers typically gathered everyone on the premises together, regardless of the information known or people’s actions.”^[9]

The Corporate Watch report followed the high profile 'Byron Burgers Case', where the hamburger restaurant chain collaborated with Immigration Enforcement to set up a 'sting operation', calling in workers for early morning meetings where they were met by Immigration Enforcement arrest teams. The Corporate Watch report found that this case was part of a wider pattern in which 'Immigration Officers seek to follow up tip-offs by contacting employers and asking them to collaborate ahead of raids. This collaboration may include: handing over staff lists; handing over personal details including home addresses, which are then raided; helping arrange “arrests by appointment”, as in Byron's case and also mentioned in the leaked “Operation Centurion” files.'

Immigration is a very political issue within the United Kingdom and this has put Immigration Enforcement at the forefront of issues surrounding migration, refugees and those opposed to immigration law. Many groups, such as 'No Borders' and 'Anti Raids' are vehemently opposed to the organisation and the way it operates. Groups have called for the public to intervene when IE officers conduct visits.

In some instances, IOs have had their vehicles damaged, with tyres slashed and windows broken. The most well-known instance of this was an attack on IOs in Shadwell, East London in September 2015.^[10] Whilst IOs conducted a visit to a shop in the area, a number of people attacked their vehicles, resulting in damage to a number of vans and an unmarked car.

References[edit]

1. ^'UK Border Agency 'not good enough' and being scrapped'. BBC News. 26 March 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
2. ^'UK Border Agency's transition to Home Office'. UK Border Agency. 3 May 2013. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
3. ^https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-border-agency-to-split-into-two-new-groups
4. ^https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/584221/Criminal-investigationsv1_0_ext.pdf
5. ^'Migrants Rights Network Operation Centurion Keith Vaz'.
6. ^'Snitches, Stings & Leaks: how Immigration Enforcement works Corporate Watch'. corporatewatch.org. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
7. ^'ICIBI Report on Illegal Working Operations December 2015'(PDF).
8. ^'ICIBI report 'AD letters' and Immigration Enforcement entry without warrants'(PDF).
9. ^'ICIBI Report on Illegal Working Operations December 2015'(PDF).
10. ^'Welcome to Shadwell: Gang sabotages immigration-raid vans'. Mail Online. Retrieved 19 March 2016.

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The UK Border Agency (UKBA) was the border control agency of the Government of the United Kingdom and part of the Home Office that was superseded by UK Visas and Immigration, UK Border Force and Immigration Enforcement in April 2013.^[1] It was formed as an executive agency on 1 April 2008 by a merger of the Border and Immigration Agency (BIA), UKvisas and the Detection functions of HM Revenue and Customs. The decision to create a single border control organisation was taken following a Cabinet Office report.^[2]

The agency's head office was 2 Marsham Street, London. Rob Whiteman became Chief Executive in September 2011. Over 23,000 staff worked for the agency, in over 130 countries. It was divided into four main operations, each under the management of a senior director: operations, immigration and settlement, international operations and visas and law enforcement.^[3]

The agency came under formal criticism from the Parliamentary Ombudsman for consistently poor service, a backlog of hundreds of thousands of cases, and a large and increasing number of complaints.^[4] In the first nine months of 2009–10, 97% of investigations reported by the Ombudsman resulted in a complaint against the agency being upheld.^[5] The complainants were asylum, residence, or other immigration applicants.^[5]

On 26 March 2013, following a scathing report into the agency's incompetence by the Home Affairs Select Committee,^[6] it was announced by Home SecretaryTheresa May that the UK Border Agency would be abolished and its work returned to the Home Office. Its executive agency status was removed^[7] as of 31 March 2013 ^[8] and the agency was split into two new organisations; UK Visas and Immigration focusing on the visa system and Immigration Enforcement, focusing on immigration law enforcement.^[9][10] Prior to this in April 2012, the border control division of the UKBA was separated from the rest of the agency as the Border Force.

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Role[edit]

The agency attained full agency status on 1 April 2009. Immigration Officers and Customs Officers retained their own powers for the enforcement and administration of the UK's borders, although management of the new organisation was integrated and progressively officers were cross trained and empowered to deal with customs and immigration matters at the border. The Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009 received Royal Assent on 21 July 2009. This allowed the concurrent exercise of customs powers by HMRC Commissioners and the Director of Border Revenue; it was the first step in overhauling immigration and customs legislation.

The UK Border Agency had a staff of 23,500 people located in over 130 countries. Overseas staff vetted visa applications and operated an intelligence and liaison network, acting as the first layer of border control for the UK. The organisation operated as the single force at the border for the UK. Local immigration teams worked within the regions of the United Kingdom, liaising with the police, HMRC, local authorities and the public.^[11] In August 2009 HM Revenue and Customs transferred several thousand customs detection officers to the agency, following Parliament agreeing to give it customs control powers. The agency then began to investigate smuggling. The agency was developing a single primary border control line at the UK border combining controls of people and goods entering the country.

The agency's E-borders programme checked travellers to and from the UK in advance of travel, using data provided by passengers via their airline or ferry operators. The organisation used automatic clearance gates at main international airports.

The agency managed the UK Government's limit on non-European economic migration to the UK. It was responsible for in-country enforcement operations, investigating organised immigration crime and to detecting immigration offenders including illegal entrants and overstayers. The body was also responsible for the deportation of foreign national criminals at the end of sentences.

The UK Border Agency's budget combined with that of the Border Force was £2.17 billion in 2011-12. Under the spending review the agency was required to cut costs by up to 23%.^[12] At its peak the agency employed around 25,000 staff, but 5,000 posts were due to be cut by 2015 against the 2011-12 levels.^[13]

Founding Chief Executive Lin Homer left the agency in January 2011 to become the Permanent Secretary at the Department for Transport. Deputy Chief Executive Jonathan Sedgwick was acting chief until the new CEO, Rob Whiteman, took over on 26 September 2011. Sedgwick then became director of international operations and visas.^[3] In July 2011, the strategic policy functions of the agency moved to the Home Office.

Home Secretary Theresa May announced to Parliament on 26 March 2013 that the agency would be abolished due to continuing poor performance, and replaced by two new smaller organisations which would focus on the visa system and immigration law enforcement respectively. The UKBA's performance was described as 'not good enough', partly blamed on the size of the organisation. A report by MPs also criticised the agency, and described it as 'not fit for purpose'. It was also claimed that the agency had provided inaccurate reports to the Home Affairs Select Committee over a number of years.^[9] The agency was split internally on 1 April 2013, becoming a visa and immigration service and separate immigration law enforcement service.^[14]

Powers[edit]

Staff held a mixture of powers granted to them by their status as immigration officers and customs officers.

Immigration powers[edit]

Immigration officers had the power of arrest and detention conferred on them by the Immigration Act 1971, when both at ports and inland. In practice, border force officers exercised powers under Schedule 2 of the Immigration Act 1971 and inland immigration officers under S28A-H of the Immigration Act 1971 and paragraph 17 of Schedule 2. This led to separate training for border and inland officers.

This act is applicable in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. 'Designated Immigration Officers' are port immigration officers who have been trained in detention under PACE. UK Border Agency immigration officers wear a uniform with rank insignia. Enforcement immigration officers wear body armour and carry handcuffs and ASP batons.

Customs powers[edit]

Customs officers had wide-ranging powers of entry, search and detention. The main power was to detain anyone who had committed, or who the officer had reasonable grounds to suspect had committed, any offence under the Customs and Excise Acts.^[16]

Removal of foreign nationals[edit]

The UK Border Agency occasionally removed foreign national criminals at the end of their prison terms. Over 5000 foreign national prisoners were deported each year. The agency also removed failed asylum seekers and others illegally in the UK. A 2009 report by the National Audit Office cited lack of detention space to support the asylum process. The agency had over 3000 detention spaces in removal centres run by private contractors or the Prison Service.^[17]

Immigration control[edit]

Common travel area[edit]

Immigration control within the United Kingdom is managed within a wider Common Travel Area (CTA). The CTA is an intergovernmental agreement that allows freedom of movement within an area that encompasses the UK, Isle of Man, Channel Islands (Guernsey, Jersey, Sark and Alderney) and the Republic of Ireland. Authorised entry to any of the above essentially allows entry to all the others but it is the responsibility of the person entering to ensure that they are properly documented for entry to other parts of the CTA. Despite the CTA it is still possible to be deported from the UK to the Republic of Ireland and vice versa.

Juxtaposed controls[edit]

Entry to the UK via the Channel Tunnel from France or Belgium or by ferry through selected ports in north-east France is controlled by juxtaposed immigration controls in Britain, France, and Belgium, i.e. travellers clear UK passport control in France or Belgium and those travelling to France or Belgium clear French controls while in the UK. Belgium does not maintain controls in the UK as the first Schengen country entered is France. UK Border Agency checkpoints in France are operated at Gare de Calais-Fréthun, Gare de Lille Europe, Gare de Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy, Gare d'Avignon-Centre, Channel Tunnel, Calais ferry terminal, Dunkirk ferry terminal and Gare du Nord station, Paris. A checkpoint operated at Boulogne-sur-Mer until the port closed in August 2010. United States border preclearance is an equivalent system operated by that country's equivalent to the UKBA at some airports outside the US.

Controversies[edit]

Student visas[edit]

There have also been difficulties with the management of student visas under Tier 4 of the Points-Based System. The assessment of the Independent Chief Inspector, carried out between July and August 2010, found that there was an inconsistent response towards applications, with some cases given extra time to prepare and others dismissed for minor reasons.^[18]

Dropped casework[edit]

In November 2011, the Home Affairs Select Committee issued a report that found that 124,000 deportation cases had been shelved by the UKBA. The report said the cases had been dumped in a 'controlled archive', a term used to try to hide the fact from authorities and auditors that it was a list of lost applicants.^[19]

Border checks[edit]

Following allegations that staff were told to relax some identity checks, in November 2011 the UK Home Office suspended: Brodie Clark, the Head of the Border Force;^[20] Carole Upshall, director of the Border Force South and European Operation;^[21] Graham Kyle, director of operations at Heathrow Airport.^[20] The Home Office is presently investigating allegations that Clark had agreed to 'open up the borders' at certain times in ways ministers would 'not have agreed with'.^[20] It is alleged that between July and the end of October 2011, queues at passport control were 'managed' so as not to annoy holiday makers.^[21] The BBC reported that staff may have been told not to scan biometric passports at certain times, which contain a digital image of the holder's face, which can be used to compare with the printed version and check the passport has not been forged.^[20] It is also believed that 'warning index checks' at Heathrow and Calais were also suspended, which would have applied strict security checks against official watchlists of terrorists, criminals, and deported illegal immigrants.^[22]

After Clark refused the offer to take early retirement, he was suspended and the investigation began.^[20] A two-week inquiry led by former Metropolitan Police detective Dave Wood, currently head of the agency's enforcement and crime group, sought to discover to what extent checks were scaled down, and what the security implications might have been. A second investigation, led by former MI6 official Mike Anderson, the Director General of the Home Office's strategy, immigration and international group, sought to investigate wider issues relating to the performance of UKBA regarding racism.

It was then announced on 5 November by Theresa May that an independent inquiry would also be undertaken, led by the Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency, John Vine.^[23] The Border Force became a separate organisation on 1 March 2012.^[24]

2014 Sham Weddings Trial Collapse[edit]

In October 2014, the trial of the Reverend Nathan Ntege - accused of conducting almost 500 sham marriages at a church in Thornton Heath, South London between 2007 and 2011 - collapsed after it became apparent that evidence had been tampered with, concealed, or even possibly destroyed. As immigration officers were questioned in the witness box of the Inner London Crown Court it became clear that not only had video footage gone missing but that an investigation log had been tampered with. The trial was halted by Judge Nic Madge, who said in court: 'I am satisfied that officers at the heart of this prosecution have deliberately concealed important evidence and lied on oath”. The Judge added: “The bad faith and misconduct started in 2011, when two of the principal defendants were arrested, and has continued throughout the course of this trial. In my judgment, it has tainted the whole case. It has tainted the prosecution against all seven defendants. It is a case in which the prosecution should not be allowed to benefit from the serious misbehaviour of the officer in the case or the disclosure officer”. The Reverend Ntege and six other defendants were formally acquitted of all 17 charges, which related to marriages of convenience in order to bypass immigration laws. UK TV station Channel 4 News later reported that three immigration officers had been suspended and that the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) would be conducting an investigation. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said that it accepted that the handling of the case had fallen below acceptable standards and that it would conduct a full review.^[25]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^'UK Border Agency'. GOV.UK. 2013. Retrieved 27 March 2013.
2. ^'Security in a global hub – Establishing the UK’s new border arrangementsArchived 6 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine'. Cabinet Office. Last updated 16 June 2009.
3. ^ ^ab'Our organisation'. UK Border Agency. 2013. Retrieved 27 March 2013.
4. ^Fast and Fair?^{[permanent dead link]} – report on UK Border Agency by the Parliamentary Ombudsman, published 9 February 2010
5. ^ ^ab'Press release: Ombudsman publishes report on UK Border Agency'. Ombudsman.org.uk. Archived from the original on 3 April 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
6. ^'The work of the UK Border Agency (July-September 2012) - Conclusions and recommendations'. UK Parliament. 19 March 2013.
7. ^'UK Border Agency'. UK Parliament Hansard via TheyWorkForYou.com. 26 March 2013. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
8. ^'UK Border Agency's transition to Home Office'. Former UK Border Agency Website. 3 May 2013. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
9. ^ ^ab'UK Border Agency 'not good enough' and being scrapped'. BBC News. 26 March 2013. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
10. ^UK Border Agency Our organisation. Ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk (2013-04-01). Retrieved on 2013-10-23.
11. ^'Our work in your region'. UK Border Agency. 2013. Retrieved 27 March 2013.
12. ^'UK Border Agency Business Plan'. UK Border Agency. 2011. Archived from the original on 4 June 2013. Retrieved 27 March 2013.
13. ^'The UK Border Agency and Border Force: Progress in cutting costs and improving performance'(PDF). National Audit Office. 17 July 2012. Archived from the original(PDF) on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2013.
14. ^'UK Border Agency's transition to Home Office'. UK Border Agency. 3 May 2013. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
15. ^'News release: Preventing drugs and other illegal goods from being smuggled into Britain'. UK Border Agency. 9 July 2008. Archived from the original on 30 December 2008.
16. ^'Section 138, Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (c. 2)'. Office of Public Sector Information. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
17. ^'Audit Office report'. National Audit Office. 23 January 2009. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
18. ^John Oates (16 February 2011). 'UK Border Agency: Good at making cash, crap at making decisions'. The Register. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
19. ^Casciani, Dominic (4 November 2011). 'BBC News – UK Border Agency attacked for 'dumping' missing cases'. BBC. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
20. ^ ^abcde'BBC News – Head of UK border force Brodie Clark suspended'. BBC. 5 November 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
21. ^ ^abJames Slack (5 November 2011). 'UK border chief axed passport controls: Top civil servant faces sack over decision that left Britain open to terrorists and criminals Mail Online'. Daily Mail. London. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
22. ^Alan Travis, home affairs editor (5 November 2011). 'Head of UK border force suspended UK news'. The Guardian. London. Retrieved 12 April 2012.CS1 maint: Extra text: authors list (link)
23. ^Chris Mason (5 November 2011). 'BBC News – Inquiry into border force passport check claims'. BBC. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
24. ^'Theresa May to split up UK Border Agency'. BBC News. 20 February 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2013.
25. ^Israel, Simon (23 October 2014). 'Trial collapses after immigration officials 'lie under oath''. channel4.com. Channel 4 News. Retrieved 30 October 2014.

External links[edit]

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