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Home Office commits millions more to GPS tracking of refugees
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THE Home Office is to spend millions more in taxpayers’ cash to track the movements of refugees and asylum-seekers in Britain.

It has quietly announced a six-month extension to a 24-hour global positioning system (GPS) surveillance scheme despite the failure of year-long pilot project to prove it serves any useful purpose.

The surveillance scheme targets anyone who arrives by “unnecessary and dangerous routes” to Britain, meaning via small boats or lorries.

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