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Surely that's all they needed for this particular person? Unless of course he's completed outwitted the entire Border Force and Immigration System by changing his second name, in which case I don't think Europe pre Brexit would have helped us.

You'll have to argue that with Interpol as they claim they do... https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Databases National police can search our databases in real time as part of their investigations.

5 more for violent conduct?

We've still got his asylum claim to process yet.

Best time to have it, when the grass grows the most

So, to recap. UK border force and immigration have got access to the info they need. It may take a little longer than it used to, but they should have been able to find a criminal that entered the country illegally having been in prison in France, long before the BBC did and certainly shouldn't be processing an asylum claim for him?

Authorised border and immigration officers in member countries are given direct, real time access to Interpol's global criminal databases.... As mentioned previously, I suspect they are making excuses for their ineptitude. They have the access to criminal databases and they have it in real time. If they don't use it, they can hardly blame Brexit for it.

Bloody CoT. Always last with the news.

Nope. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpol

At least one as I suspect Trump believes he actually did speak to him.

Which is just bullshit and probably covering up for ineptitude. Unless France has left Interpol, whose headquarters are in Lyon?

Dependent visas for students were scrapped in 2024. Hence the big dip in immigration figures in September 2025.

And pay back up to £10k.... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cddlgqlm7q2o

And doing a fine job! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2wl6ynn2no Stripped of his British Nationality but we can't deport him because Pakistan don't want him back 🤣

So you made this up then to prove your point?