Government ramps up passenger screening

UKBA – The UK’s latest weapon in the fight against terrorists, known criminals and would-be illegal migrants was opened today by the Home Secretary Alan Johnson.

The national border targeting centre is the UK Border Agency’s hi-tech hub where watch-list checks on passengers entering and leaving Britain will be carried out.

The unit, based in Manchester, will replace the smaller joint border operations centre at Heathrow as the operational hub for e-Borders, which electronically checks passenger data before they even set foot on a plane.

Our officers will work alongside the Serious Organised Crime Agency and the police to share intelligence and issue alerts where a suspect is identified by the electronic border checks.

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