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Over a fifth of border force staff suffered discrimination, survey finds

HUNDREDS of Home Office border guards personally experienced discrimination at work last year, an official survey has found.

Nearly 700 border force staff, or more than a fifth of those surveyed, raised concerns about discrimination in the workplace.

Some 565 staff also said they had “personally experienced bullying or harassment at work” in 2018.

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