Immigrant Detectors Cost Pounds 4m but Have Never Worked
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MACHINES TO detect illegal immigrants at foreign ports, which have cost the British Government millions of pounds to install, have not worked properly since they were first introduced four years ago.
Twenty-eight heartbeat detector machines, which use sensors to pinpoint a human presence in lorry trailers, were placed in French, Belgian and Dutch ports from 2002 in response to a growing concern about illegal immigration.See the full content of this document
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Immigrant Detectors Cost Pounds 4m but Have Never Worked
The machines and 17 shelters cost pounds 4.2 million and were paid for by the British taxpayer. David Blunkett, the home secretary at the time, hailed the i...
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