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Helen May
12-20-2006, 11:36 AM
Do you think it's possible for someone to get through passport control wearing as veil as a disguise?

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Underdome
12-20-2006, 11:40 AM
Unless we know what the protocol is for veiled people going through passport control, I don't think we can really speculate. It'd be interesting to hear a statement from the horse's mouth.
Deckerd
12-20-2006, 11:41 AM
They use HORSES at passport control?
V8farty
12-20-2006, 11:44 AM
Where, in Kazastan?
Phillip Phlopp
12-20-2006, 11:49 AM
Yes it is possible. Did someone skip the country fleeing justice, yes it's possible. Is the media trying to stir up anti-Muslim feelings. Yes they are.

Jeremy's showpage says:

Police seeking a man over the murder of Pc Sharon Beshenivsky are considering the theory he may have fled the UK dressed as a veiled Muslim woman

This is a gross misrepresentation of the position. The police were asked by a journalist if the man had left the country in this manner and the police quite correctly said they were considering all options. It is a cheap journo trick. The hack could have said 'Are you ruling out the suspect leaving the country wearing a false white beard, a red costume and shiny black boots' and the police would have had to have said 'No'. And tomorrow's headlines would have been...
V8farty
12-20-2006, 11:51 AM
well??
Phillip Phlopp
12-20-2006, 11:55 AM
v8

I would pay good money to hear a representative from the Santa Claus Council of Britain complaining on Jeremy's show that they are being demonised at potential terrorists.
Helen May
12-20-2006, 12:03 PM
Unless we know what the protocol is for veiled people going through passport control, I don't think we can really speculate. It'd be interesting to hear a statement from the horse's mouth.

Seems that they will discuss the rules.

On the face of it I would think it is highly likely that it has happened, and not just with this case.

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Helen May
12-20-2006, 12:19 PM
It is absolutely crazy that there are no immigration checks on people leaving the UK and to let check in staff do the job of an immigration officer.

I really do think they should be asked to lift their veils.

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Phillip Phlopp
12-20-2006, 12:22 PM
Hang your head in shame Jeremy for your concluding remarks. The police did not say that the man may have left the country wearing a veil.
Pinga Malingerer
12-20-2006, 12:27 PM
Hang your head in shame Jeremy for your concluding remarks. The police did not say that the man may have left the country wearing a veil.

Hear, hear. Jezza is making a complete ass of himself.