Dame Anne Owers, the prisons chief inspector, has labelled Gatwick Airport’s Tinsley House immigration removal centre as deeply depressing. Her statements came following her first visit to the site since 2007 with claims that the facility has deteriorated significantly, notably for women and children. Calls for urgent action to address critical issues have been made [...]

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An eagle-eyed customs operator at Gatwick Airport has uncovered a highly unusual and highly illegal package. Three very rare alligator lizards were discovered at Gatwick and have since been moved to Heathrow Airport’s animal reception centre.
Customs officials at Gatwick made the bizarre find during a search of a courier package which was intercepted at the [...]

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In recent weeks the roll out of facial recognition technology passport gates at Gatwick and Manchester Airports have been hailed as an important advancement in waiting time and financial improvements.
Now comes news that London Heathrow Airport will also adopt the new electronic border gates in 2010 with stated aims being to reduce the lengthy processing [...]

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The British Home Secretary Alan Johnson has today announced that the number of passengers to have used the new face scanning technology at UK airports has reached the one million mark.
Johnson has praised the new facial recognition technology which provides for speedier passage for legitimate travelers to the UK through immigration control, which then frees [...]

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