Border control: Labour to spend 16 times more on ID cards

Britannist · 30-10-2006, 07:16 PM

From the Daily Express, page 6, 30.10.2006 (brief extracts):

The cost of round-the-clock immigration controls work out at £104 million a year – compared to the £5.4 billion (of our money) the (Blair Labour) Government intends to spend on ID cards.

The National Audit Office said that of the average of £300 million a year spent (by the Immigration and Nationality Directorate) on tracking down illegal immigrants of which £140 million goes on finding ‘illegals’.

The enforcement budget will be up to £280 million by 2010.

The Government says about 570, 000 illegal immigrants are in the UK – others say the real figure is 870, 000.

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Britannist Uber Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: London Posts: 22,896	Border control: Labour to spend 16 times more on ID cards From the Daily Express, page 6, 30.10.2006 (brief extracts): The cost of round-the-clock immigration controls work out at £104 million a year – compared to the £5.4 billion (of our money) the (Blair Labour) Government intends to spend on ID cards. The National Audit Office said that of the average of £300 million a year spent (by the Immigration and Nationality Directorate) on tracking down illegal immigrants of which £140 million goes on finding ‘illegals’. The enforcement budget will be up to £280 million by 2010. The Government says about 570, 000 illegal immigrants are in the UK – others say the real figure is 870, 000.

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