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While it is not possible to reveal the details of security at the border, the government operates robust and extensive checks to protect the UK.<\/p>

Where we are aware of individuals that pose a threat to the UK, whether they be UK citizens or not, we can and do take the appropriate action.<\/p>

The Government will use all the data and intelligence that is available to them to identify those who may pose a threat to the UK and have travelled indirectly from third countries to conceal their full travel history in order to evade controls.<\/p>

We will always take the action necessary to detect those who seek to arrive in the UK without undergoing the vital checks to keep the border secure.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4311", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Baroness Williams of Trafford"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2021-09-08", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2021-09-08T11:18:27.867Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2021-08-18", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Afghanistan: Taliban"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, what steps they intend to take to increase the scrutiny of UK citizens entering and returning from that country via third countries.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/738", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Alton of Liverpool"} ], "uin" : "HL2323"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/775915", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/775915/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

In 2016/17 there were 80,393 police recorded hate crimes; a 29% increase on the 62,518 recorded in 2015/16. This increase in recorded hate crime is likely to reflect a combination a factors including a genuine rise in hate crime around the time of the EU Referendum and Westminster Bridge terrorist attack, improved identification and recording of hate crimes by the police, and greater willingness of victims to come forward.<\/p>

The cross-Government Hate Crime Action Plan was published in July 2016 and focuses on the following five key issues:<\/p>