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A person from Afghanistan on the UK’s no fly watchlist has been flown into Birmingham as part of the British evacuation operation in a potential security breach, Sky News can reveal.
A person from Afghanistan on the UK’s no fly watchlist has been flown into Birmingham as part of the British evacuation operation in a potential security breach, Sky News can reveal.
The individual, not being identified by the government, is understood to have reached UK soil on a British military plane, with officials being alerted “overnight”.
The "no fly watchlist" is designed to block individuals who are considered a security threat from reaching UK
The "no fly watchlist" is designed to block individuals who are considered a security threat from reaching UK
Opposition MPs worry this is a security breach although government sources say that the fact the individual has been identified shows the watchlist is working. They also stress that people can be flagged on the “no fly” list for a wide variety of reasons.
If the person poses a threat, then the government will take “appropriate measures”
But
They cannot be returned to Afghanistan. This comes as ministers report uptick in forgeries and impersonations in Kabul
But
They cannot be returned to Afghanistan. This comes as ministers report uptick in forgeries and impersonations in Kabul
Government response to our story. They will not go into individual cases however 
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