Government spent four years and wasted millions trying to introduce border exit checks - Yvette Cooper
Yvette Cooper, Shadow Home Secretary, responding to the government’s announcement on border exit checks, said:
“David Cameron and Theresa May have spent four years - and millions of pounds - trying to introduce exit checks. And yet today this new system will only allow for partial checks because they haven’t got the work done with the operators in time, and they still won’t be able to use the information to check who has left and who has overstayed their visa.
“The government have spent years in delays, foot dragging and contractual wrangling and now there are still far too many gaps in our border checks.
“A Labour government will bring in stronger border controls including a full system of exit checks, to count people in and out of the country as well as 1,000 more border staff so we can tackle illegal immigration and make sure visas are enforced.
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