10.09.09
Media watch: Pakistan visa checks shame UK immigration
UK immigration and the threat of terrorism
UK immigration has been in the press this week for all the wrong reasons after it was accused of inadequate back-up checks of visa applicants.
The furore centres around the revelation British officials are checking fewer than one in every 2,000 visa applicants from Pakistan. Pakistan is deemed a ‘high risk’ threat of terrorist activity and this oversight raises “renewed fears that terrorists or illegal immigrants could slip through the net” warn the Daily Telegraph.
Hyper-sensitive immigration champions the Daily Mail call it a “visa sham” as they detail that shortage of frontline immigration officers contributes to the small number of applicants quizzed. Though The Sun spells it out in its own inimitable style with the news that: “Britain’s shoddy visa system can easily be exploited by Pakistan-based terrorists.”
Are under-staffed UK immigration officials posing a security risk for British citizens or is this another case of the media stirring up hype? Your views on the subject please.
Published by Mark Johnstone in UK immigration
September 28th, 2009 at 2:15 pm
unlike the americans,we dont process applications from india to the best of our ability, anyone coming from India should be interviewed,because we all know that they share passports,and enter uk with false identity.how many taxi drivers can speak english, not many,not only india but africa as well they should all be interviewed,and made to prove that they are a benefit to our country,because we dont need taxi drivers,we need doctors and dentists.lets copy Australia,because you dont get to live there unless you are a benefit to the country.
October 5th, 2009 at 9:14 pm
unlike the americans,we dont process applications from india to the best of our ability, anyone coming from India should be interviewed,because we all know that they share passports,and enter uk with false identity.how many taxi drivers can speak english, not many,not only india but africa as well they should all be interviewed,and made to prove that they are a benefit to our country,because we dont need taxi drivers,we need doctors and dentists.lets copy Australia,because you dont get to live there unless you are a benefit to the country.