Non-EEA passenger stopping at immigration

[inso]

Some informative research regarding stopping non-EEA passengers at immigration. Even just scanning through the findings summary makes for very interesting reading...

http://www.info4local.gov.uk/documents/ ... ?version=2

Exploring the Decision Making of Immigration Officers: A research study examining non-European Economic Area passenger stops and refusals at UK ports (PDF format, 332 Kb)

Summary: This research was commissioned by the Immigration and Nationality Directorate of the Home Office and was conducted with the co-operation of border control. It explored the decision making of immigration officers in relation to passengers arriving at UK ports with non-European Economic Area passports.

Departments: Home Office
Document type: Research
Date of publication: 17 January 2007

[Dawie]

Thanks for that link.

I have to say that reading a document like that fills me with anger. It confirms every suspicion I have had about immigration officers. They occupy a strata of the social scale that includes various other low-lifes like estate agents, bank managers, lawyers and second-hand car salespeople.

I am amazed at how often words and phrases like "hunch", "doubt", "balance of probabilities", "attitude", "co-operation" are bandied around as if these immigration officers are some kind of mobile judge, jury and executioner deciding your fate.