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Unit 1.
STRUCTURE OF CUSTOMS ORGANIZATION
Warm up
Exercise 1. Nowadays customs organizations exist in all countries all over the world. Do you think their structure is the same in different countries? What duties do they carry out? Do you want to work at a border agency?
Exercise 2. Match the English words on the left with their Russian equivalents on the right. Learn the words by heart.
| 1. a border agency/control | a) ; |
| 2. a merger | b) ; |
| 3. an external control | c) / ; |
| 4. an internal control | d) , ; |
| 5. an asylum | e) ; |
| 6. clearance gates | f) ; |
| 7. juxtaposed controls | g) ; |
| 8. casework | h) ; |
| 9. threat assessment | i) , ; |
| 10. detention | j) . |
READING
Exercise 3. Read and translate the following text. Use the dictionary when necessary.
UK Border Agency
The UK Border Agency (UKBA) is the border control body of the United Kingdom (UK) government and part of the Home Office. It was formed on 1 April 2008 by a merger of the Border and Immigration Agency (BIA), UK visas and the Detection functions of HM Revenue and Customs. The decision to create a single border control organization was taken following a Cabinet Office report. The agency is divided into three broad command structures, each under the management of a senior director: external controls including visa issue in overseas posts; borders, including passport and customs controls; internal immigration controls including asylum, management of applications for further stay and enforcement.
Its head office is 2 Marsham Street, London. The head of the agency is the Chief Executive.
The UK Border Agency has a staff of 23,000 people located in over 130 countries. Overseas staff veto visa applications and operate an intelligence and liaison network, acting as the first layer of border control for the UK.
The organization operates as the single force at the border for the UK. In August 2009 HM Revenue and Customs transferred several thousand customs detection officers to the agency, following Parliament agreeing to give it customs control powers. The agency now investigates smuggling. The agency is developing a single primary border control line at the UK border combining controls of people and goods entering the country.
The agency e-Borders programme checks travellers to and from the UK in advance of travel using data provided by passengers via their airline or ferry operators. The organization uses automatic clearance gates at main international airports.
The agency is managing the UK Governments limit on non-European economic migration to the UK. It is responsible for in-country enforcement operations, investigation of organized immigration crime and detecting immigration offenders including illegal entrants and overstayers. The body is also responsible for the deportation of foreign national criminals at the end of sentences. The UK Border Agency removes foreign national criminals at the end of their prison terms. Over 5000 foreign national prisoners are deported each year. The agency also removes failed asylum seekers and others illegally in the UK. There have also been difficulties with the management of student visas.
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UK Border Agency has a £2.5 billion pound annual budget and is under pressure to cut costs and resources. Under the spending review the agency will cut costs by up to 20%.
The agency is divided into several commands:
International group managing all work outside the UK including visa issuing overseas and pre-flight checks but excluding juxtaposed controls.
Border Force managing ports of entry, the border targeting centre, air/maritime operations and juxtaposed controls in France and Belgium.
Immigration group managing all in-country operational areas such as casework functions and enforcement.
Criminality & detention undertakes criminal investigations, managing criminal cases, manages detention and removal centres and removes foreign national prisoners.
Both the Immigration group and Border Force operate regional command structures. Within the regions there are local immigration teams (LITs).
The Government is planning to introduce a border policing command as part of a new National Crime Agency. UK Border Agency tasking will be informed by the intelligence and threat assessments produced by the command. It is likely that the new command will also be able to call on agency assets for operations against cross border organized crime gangs.
At the moment, staff holds a mixture of powers granted to them by their status as immigration officers and customs officers. Immigration officers have the power of arrest and detention conferred on them by the Immigration Act.
Customs officers have wide-ranging powers of entry, search and detention. The main power is to detain anyone who has committed, or who the officer has reasonable grounds to suspect has committed, any offence under the Customs and Excise Acts.
Exercise 4. Consult the text and find the English equivalents to the following word combinations.
1. ; 2. ; 3. ; 4. ; 5. ; 6. ; 7. ; 8. ; 9. ; 10. .
Exercise 5. Decide whether the following statements are true or false. Correct the false ones.
1. The UK Border Agency was formed to create a single border control organization following a Cabinet Office report. 2. The UK Border Agency is located in the United Kingdom. 3. The agency controls people and goods entering the country. 4. The body is also responsible for the deportation of foreign national criminals at the beginning of sentences. 5. Immigration officers have the power of entry, search and detention.
Exercise 6. Answer the following questions. Use the text when necessary.
1. When was the UK Border Agency formed? 2. What are the main command structures of the agency? 3. What are the duties of the overseas staff? 4. What does the e-Border programme check? 5. Whom does the body deport? 6. What groups is the agency divided into? 7. What are the main powers of immigration officers and customs officers? 8. Who is an overstayer? 9. Who manages ports of entry and air/maritime operations? 10. How many foreign national prisoners are deported each year?
Exercise 7. Give a short summary of the text.
Exercise 8. Now read and translate the text about the Federal Customs Service. Use the dictionary when necessary.
