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Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill [Lords]

Yes, that is what I am going to do. Over the past couple of years, we have made real progress in the immigration system. We have launched the UK Border Agency as a single force at the border, and we have toughened up our visa regime, effectively exporting the border by requiring biometric registration of all who wish to travel here on a visa. So far we have enrolled more than 4 million sets of fingerprints, flagging up thousands of cases of people who have swapped their identities.

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Reference

493 c169 

Session

2008-09

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber
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