Written Question·Home Office·UIN 34232

Asylum: British Indian Ocean Territory

Tabled: 27 February 2025
Answered: 5 March 2025

Question

Mr Mark Francois

ConservativeRayleigh and Wickford

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who claimed asylum in the British Indian Ocean Territory and subsequently transferred to the UK (a) has been or (b) are the subject of an investigation into foreign espionage activitie

Answer

Dan Jarvis
All migrants who have arrived in the UK have undergone the required security checks in line with the appropriate immigration rules.