175 prolific foreign national offenders removed from UK
The offenders were removed in just a few months as a result of a joint operation by the UK Border Agency and the Metropolitan Police.
Operation Nexus was launched at the start of September to target the increasing number of high-harm foreign national offenders and immigration offenders in London.
Risk to the public
Immigration Minister Mark Harper said: 바카라 사이트˜I바카라 사이트™ve been clear that we will take all possible action against individuals who pose a risk to the public and remove them from the country at the earliest opportunity.
바카라 사이트˜Through our combined work with the police we are using the full force of immigration powers on those who seek to commit crime and damage our communities.
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Immigration checks
Many of the operation바카라 사이트™s successes have come as a result of posting UKBA officers in 21 custody suites across London. This now allows UKBA to run real-time immigration checks on individuals bought into custody for a crime and establish if they are wanted abroad, have previous convictions abroad or are here illegally.
Nexus also provides the UKBA and police with additional tactics:
- Unknown prints at police crime scenes and other forensic markers are now being run against UKBA biometric databases in a bid to solve previously unsolved crimes, both in the UK and abroad
- Working relationships have been established with police officers from countries where high volumes of offenders are identified to help share information and further speed up removals - 20 officers have already been seconded from Romania