The British defence minister has insisted that the security system was working as it should do when an Afghan who was on a “no-fly” watchlist landed in the UK on an evacuation flight. Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said that the term “no-fly” refers to a broader category of watchlists and requirements and doesn’t mean a simple automatic refusal to board an aeroplane. Other media reports, which cannot be confirmed by The Epoch Times, claim that MPs were told four other individuals have been denied applications to come to the UK over security concerns. Wallace was responding to reports, later confirmed by the government, that an individual who was on a “no-fly” list on Aug. 23 arrived back in the UK, before being released following security checks. “It’s not as straightforward as fly/no-fly,” he told LBC radio. “Some of them are basically just checked before they fly,” he said. “We generically …
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