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Published Date: 10 February 2009
ONLY a handful of the thousands of illegal immigrants granted clearance to work as security guards without proper checks have been deported, the Conservatives said yesterday.
Shadow home secretary Chris Grayling said that only 35 people mistakenly granted licences by the Security Industry Authority (SIA) had since been thrown out. He questioned how voters could have confidence in the immigration system if the government failed to deport people "when it knows who they are and where they are working".

But he was accused of "playing politics" by the immigration minister, Phil Woolas, who said the Tories did not want to protect the country's borders. The government was removing an illegal worker every eight minutes, he added.

The heated exchanges at Commons Question Time saw Mr Grayling refer to the storm over the SIA in 2007 and its failure to check if thousands of people cleared to work in sensitive security posts had the right to work in the UK.





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  • Last Updated: 09 February 2009 9:48 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Immigration and refugees
 
1

Voice of Wisdom,

Sanity Central 10/02/2009 00:24:54
How long before Ian Gray blames this on the SNP, just as he does scotland's recession (when just about everyone else thinks Broon's to blame) ?
2

sam the god,

10/02/2009 08:20:03
time to get this li*bour party to be removed from power as they are failing the country
3

Scimitar1,

10/02/2009 10:22:26
Absolute utter shambolic,unfortunately the wider society is paying the consequences.
4

Alasdair mac Alasdair Mór Mac an Righ,,

10/02/2009 11:28:42
But he was accused of "playing politics" by the immigration minister, Phil Woolas, who said the Tories did not want to protect the country's borders. The government was removing an illegal worker every eight minutes, he added.

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The Tories cannot be accused of being soft on immigration. More nonsense from Labour ministers.

If the Government are currently removing 8 people per minute from the country way I suggest they concentrate a little harder at the border check points and other ways that illegal immigrants gain access to the UK.

Eight per minute is a concern. The the number is rising and therefore more than eight per minute are gaining access to the UK.

Labour have changed the fabric of the UK so much that some parts of England are no go area's for the English. But the political correct types living in their middle class pretend not to notice.
5

The Former Mr. Angry,

Perth 10/02/2009 16:50:26
Recognise that all the apparently daft moves by this government are to increase its own votes. This is what they exist for - not for the good of the country or its inhabitants. The unregulated immigration will end in tears like the unregulated banks. In the end they are completely deluded and insame.

 

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