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laresMon 07/11/11 12:36

"UK Border Agency officials 'illegally targeting' bus passengers - Civil rights campaigners and human rights group Liberty condemn previously undisclosed tactic as 'deeply distasteful'"

"Border agency officials are conducting unlawful passport checks on buses to try to catch illegal immigrants, a previously undisclosed tactic that has infuriated civil liberties campaigners.

Documents seen by the Observer reveal that staff from the UK Border Agency have been "regularly" targeting coaches at bus stations "to prevent illegal migrants from making use of the public transport network".

However, the practice appears to be illegal, with officials only authorised to examine passengers at air or sea ports. One bus passenger subjected to the identity checks described them as "harassment" and behaviour that had no place in a democratic society."

"Campaigners claimed the policy contradicted government pledges to roll back state surveillance. The first law passed by the coalition concerned the scrapping of ID cards to "begin the process of reversing the erosion of civil liberties and restoring freedoms".

James Welch, legal director for the human rights group Liberty, said: "You expect to show your passport at an international airport, but not at a local bus station. The idea of officials bullying coach passengers into proving they have a right to be in Britain is deeply distasteful. The UKBA has some serious explaining to do if it is routinely carrying out such abusive and unlawful inspections."

The disclosure follows a complaint by a coach passenger questioned by Home Office officials after he arrived in Liverpool during June. A letter from the agency to the complainant reveals that such "intelligence-led operations" are "regularly held at various public transport hubs"."

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chutzpahMon 07/11/11 12:46

quoting > "However, the practice appears to be illegal, with officials only authorised to examine passengers at air or sea ports."

Erm, that's simply not true. Not sure about the rest, but that's just bollocks.

laresMon 07/11/11 12:54

quoting > "Erm, that's simply not true. Not sure about the rest, but that's just bollocks."

From what authority do the Passport Service do internal checks (and hold people who can't prove they're not illegal)?

(Serious question, I have no idea about immigration law).

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