Foreign Criminals Could Be Working with Children ; Security Checks On Immigrants Seeking Jobs Do Not Reveal Crimes Committed Abroad

Mail on Sunday › January 06, 2008

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A SHARP increase in the number of migrants to Scotland has sparked fears that hundreds of foreign criminals could be working with children.

Vetting agency Disclosure Scotland can only access records held in the UK and it is up to overseas applicants voluntarily to declare any previous convictions.

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Foreign Criminals Could Be Working with Children ; Security Checks On Immigrants Seeking Jobs Do Not Reveal Crimes Committed Abroad

Flaws in the system were highlighted in November when an Audit Scotland report disclosed that one in ten foreign doctors in NHS Scotland had been employed without ...

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