Many people pass through airport security every day, but officer Lee suspects a male passenger might have overstayed his allotted time in the UK. Seeing suspicious transactions, the officer tries to find out what exactly happened.
Why did the man stay for so long? Is there any evidence of any illegal activity?
Border Force - From Season 1 Episode 1: Heathrow
At Terminal 3 Immigration Officer Lisa Lea check the passport of a man from Pakistan who says he’s here to do some marketing for his fruit and veg business. Lisa is suspicious from the outset when she looks at his passport stamps. She finds out he’s living in Britain and running businesses based in Britain. This is illegal. He denies everything despite compelling evidence. He is refused entry and returned on the next flight back to Pakistan. Another officer at Heathrow, Tim Wetherall, picks up an Indian couple who are found by customs carrying 18,000 cigarettes and 27kilos of tobacco. After the interview the man threatens to kill himself. They are offered asylum and accept. The couple changes their mind at the last minute and the Chief Immigration Officer does a deal with them to protect them from any potential legal problems on return to India.
Calais
Officer Bridget McCarthy and her team unearth 4 Eritreans from the depths of a trucks cargo and then they find a 16 Afghanis sprawled across yoghurts and cream caramels destined supermarket shelves in Britain.
London, Enforcement
In Newham, East London the London enforcement team raid 2 butchers. They pick up 7 illegal workers. 1 is sent back home, the others are let out in the street because the immigration removal centres are all full. They are asked to report to a reporting centre. None of them do. They are reported to the police and listed as Absconders.
Border Force follows the UK’s Border and Immigration Agency as its team of dedicated immigration officers work around-the-clock to combat illegal immigration and secure Britain’s borders. As global population shifts become more complex and difficult to regulate, Border Force sheds light on the sophisticated methods of patrol employed across Britain’s borders.
With captivating characters, exciting stories, and high drama climaxes, Border Force is a behind the scenes look at the UK’s immigration and customs teams as they battle to stem the tide of illegal entries into Britain.
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