UK Immigration Minister says 'targeted' spot checks will continue
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18:53 02/12/2013
The UK's immigration minister Mark Harper has told the BBC that spot-checks of people's immigration status at UK railway stations will continue. Mr Harper said that the operations were intelligence-...
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UK immigration minister says he may sanction more go home adverts
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Mark Harper, the UK's immigration minister, has said that he may commission a nationwide campaign of adverts telling illegal immigrants to 'go home or face arrest'. Mr Harper told the BBC's Question...
