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Sign up for our email newsletter. Sign Up. Read More Previous. As luck would have it, British Airways had just provided me with the perfect opportunity to find out. My BA plane from Heathrow was so late that I had missed the onward connection to Volgograd with a seven hour wait for the next flight.
With the help of a half-decent internet connection, I began a night in search of the secret life of border guards. The first, according to my primary source, is impersonation.
The picture in my passport shows the left ear with a mind of its own, as though an invisible hand were cupping it to catch a word. Few counterfeiters have access to the cutting-edge equipment used to print genuine passports, so a magnifying glass helps to spot fakes. Today, the photo is digitally printed on the passport and laminated, along with your personal data. Even so, some villains still try to tamper with stolen passports, for example by replacing entire pages.
The ultra-violet check at Moscow airport is to test for unexpected brightness, indicating unlawful interference. Back at the airport in Moscow, other passengers were getting the same treatment. Still, nothing will be able to stop those who have the time and money to invest in counterfeiting, he said: "The intelligence services have the expenses and the capacity to do this.
Last week, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation interviewed Victor Ostrovsky, a case officer at the Mossad in the s, who said that the Israeli spy agency had its own "passport factory," a company established within the Mossad headquarters. It's a very, very expensive research department," he said. A management board at Frontex is tasked to make sure its operations stick to the rules.
An internal probe, known as the working group, will soon deliver its final report on the Warsaw-based agency. Its head, Fabrice Leggeri, welcomed its creation and said it "is about time". Romania's ministry of internal affairs wrote to Frontex claiming it did not engage in any illegal pushbacks of people on rubber boats into Turkish territorial waters. The country says it followed EU engagement rules and Greek orders.
The European Commission condemned the PM's language - but refrained from naming him. Poland's right-wing rulers will row back on plans for a "political" tax on free press after a media blackout, the editor of one leading newspaper predicts. The Kamiano food distribution centre in Brussels is expecting 20 people every half hour on Christmas Day.
For many, Kamiano is also more than that - a support system for those made homeless or impoverished. EU tribunal said Hungary's legislation made it "virtually impossible" to make an asylum application.
Restricting access to international protection procedure is a violation of EU rules. Mar , The biometric, or "e-passport," was supposed to offer a previously unrivalled level of security and protection against forgery. Read and decide Join EUobserver today Become an expert on Europe Get instant access to all articles — and 20 years of archives.
Then this plan is for you. Don't miss out on Our exclusive news stories and investigations. Why join? Already a member? Login here. Airport: EU passport security has been placed under the microscope Photo: dacba Internal Frontex probe to deliver final report this week 4. Mar, A management board at Frontex is tasked to make sure its operations stick to the rules.
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