Originally Posted by
paulwuk
However I was under the impression that the police were allowed to check passports and let people in the country. On that flight of be very surprised of there was more than a handful of non eu citizens.
These people hadn't actually left the country. We have no outbound Immigration checks, there is no international airside area at STN, nor does STN do airside transfers... so if you're departing from STN surely you're in the UK until your aircraft leaves the ground?