Fairdealfrank, there is a difference between international to international connections and international to domestic connections. As far as I can remember that always involved clearing imigration and customs prior to proceeding to the domestic departure gate via security again. Smaller airports with small numbers of hubbing pax will not provide special provision for this as, for instance Schiphol, where a large majority of pax are hubbing.
Agreed, but there should be international to international connection facilities at airports like MAN and BHX (thought MAN had it), they are not small airports!
In other words, a facility to allow transfer pax to proceed through security to the departures area. For international to domestic connections, yes of course these pax would need to pass through border control and security on their way to the departures area.