Please at least look at my updates (

http://filipinaroses.com/showthread....362#post421362 ).


The intention is not to " shaft " genuine immigrants, but to tackle the serious problem of tuberculosis - unfortunately much commoner in the Philippines than any EU country.

Pre-entry screening in reliable centres is more effective than on-entry screening ( chest X-rays at airports ), and is the way forward to reduce illness and deaths caused by a disease which should by now have been consigned to history.


Ideally of course everyone entering the UK from whatever country would have first been screened - and if necessary treated - for TB. A start has been made with the 67 countries having the highest incidence of TB - none of which happen to be in the European region.