the u.k. without proper checks. the border agency will handle visa applications, but the border force will become a separate body directly accountable to ministers. >> the uk border agency, it is meant to stop terrorists, criminals, and illegal immigrants from entering the country. an official investigation and found the proper checks of not been carried out on hundreds of different occasions. >> the report reveals that security checks carried out at the border have been suspended regularly and applied inconsistently since at least 2007. >> the problem started when labor were in power. the report of the independent chief inspector and highlighted a series of failures. it criticized core communication, poor managerial oversight, and a lack of clarity. this led to the so-called war earnings index, extra checks with people -- on people with questionable immigration status. fingerprint checks were suspended on 480 occasions. no records were kept of how many people who should have been checked but were not. the report found that together with those on -- 500,000 people had escaped the proper border controls. >> it reveals the border force that suspended import