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Open Borders?

The Border Agency says new technology will help it tackle illegal immigration, as it cuts one fifth of its staff. But with problems hitting existing IT systems, will the plan work?

The Border Agency is charged with preventing drugs, weapons and would-be illegal immigrants from getting to the UK. But three years after being created, the Agency has been accused by MPs of failing to enforce immigration rules. Faced with cuts to its budget and the loss of around one-fifth of its staff over the next four years, the Agency is looking to new technology to improve its effectiveness. But with delays to the e-borders project and problems with existing computer systems, Morland Sanders investigates whether the strategy will work.

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40 minutes

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Sun 17 Jul 2011 17:00

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  • Tue 12 Jul 2011 20:00
  • Sun 17 Jul 2011 17:00

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