The new strategy of this government is to accept failure, endorse a plan and set some date in the long grass, after elections and political careers have ended in failure.
FULL passport checks on the millions of people entering and leaving
Britain each year will not be in place for at least eight years, the
Government announced yesterday.
The checks are key to knowing how many failed asylum-seekers and illegal immigrants are in the country.
Will this sit with new EU powers on immigration? I bet the new border police are European.
The second proposal aims to alleviate some of the pressure on Southern EU countries by creating a joint force of border guards, translators, and first aid helpers that could check travel documents, search vehicles, take part in sea patrols and interview migrants. The guards could carry weapons and would wear blue armbands with the EU insignia.
The objective is to establish a force of 250 to 300 experts that can be readily available within 10 days of a country's request. Member States remain free to choose whether they wish to contribute experts to the force, which would be managed by the EU’s Border Security Agency, FRONTEX.
You need a border guard in order to allow Europe to boss them about.