The United Kingdom might soon re-introduce exit checks to actually count people entering and leaving the country. This comes after the National Audit Office warned the government that it could be missing people who weren’t leaving once their visas expired.
Deputy PM Nick Clegg said on Friday, ‘We are re-introducing exit checks.’
Clegg said despite seven immigration bills and six home secretaries, there had been 114 prosecutions for employing illegal immigrants over the past decade. ‘Exit checks tell us whether the people who should have left actually have. Britain used to have them but they were dismantled by previous governments. The process began under the John Major government and was carried on by the Tony Blair administration and the Liberal Democrats have been campaigning to bring it back since 2004,’ he said.
Each year, the UK Border Agency checks more than 100 million people arriving and considers around 3.5 million applications to visit, live, work or study in the UK.
Deputy PM Nick Clegg said on Friday, ‘We are re-introducing exit checks.’
Clegg said despite seven immigration bills and six home secretaries, there had been 114 prosecutions for employing illegal immigrants over the past decade. ‘Exit checks tell us whether the people who should have left actually have. Britain used to have them but they were dismantled by previous governments. The process began under the John Major government and was carried on by the Tony Blair administration and the Liberal Democrats have been campaigning to bring it back since 2004,’ he said.
Each year, the UK Border Agency checks more than 100 million people arriving and considers around 3.5 million applications to visit, live, work or study in the UK.