The troubled UK Border Agency is to be scrapped because of its failure to combat illegal migration adequately, Home Secretary Theresa May announced today.
In a hastily scheduled Commons statement, Mrs May told MPs that the agency, which has been repeatedly criticised for its poor performance, would be abolished and its functions split between two new organisations run within the Home Office.
One will be responsible for enforcement and given the task of locating illegal migrants and ensuring that more are removed from the country. The other will be in charge of issuing visas and dealing with other administrative tasks.
The dramatic announcement has been prompted by Mrs May’s concern that the agency, which was set up by the previous Labour government in the wake of the foreign prisoner scandal, has persistently failed to carry out its enforcement role well enough.
We shall see what difference will be brought to bear
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