The United Kingdom government plans to spend £1.2 billion on its e-Borders program over the next decade, as the electronic passenger-screening system is fully implemented.
The e-Borders program requires ferry companies and airlines to submit detailed information about passengers prior to departure to or from the United Kingdom. Names that arouse suspicion can then be investigated by the country's Border and Immigration Agency, HMRC (HM Revenue and Customs), Police and U.K. Visas before travelers have embarked on their journey. e-Borders has so far screened 29 million passengers and issued 13,000 alerts which have resulted in more than 1,000 arrests, according to the Home Office.
According to Gordon Brown, U.K. Prime Minister "The way forward is electronic screening of all passengers as they check in and out of our country at ports and airports--so that terrorist suspects can be identified and stopped before they board planes, trains and boats to the United Kingdom."
Source: egov
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