UK Border Force

Operation Aardvark (2x6)

Air date: Oct 05, 2009

We have rare access behind the scenes in an Immigration Removal Centre where the UKBA officers are planning a mass deportation on a specially chartered flight, codenamed Operation Aardvark. In London the enforcement team bust a network of illegal workers at the home of a Chinese takeaway owner. In a room with 6 beds they find a group of men about to eat their dinner. They also find a pregnant woman and a child but can they find any passports? And at Heathrow, Immigration Officer Steve Hassler is on his last case before he leaves for another job. And it’s a fine end to his career as a “student” makes it difficult for him to separate truth from lies.