Written Question·Home Office·UIN 1196

Immigration Controls: Airports

Tabled: 23 July 2024
Answered: 26 July 2024
Named Day

Question

Mr Alistair Carmichael

Liberal DemocratOrkney and Shetland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the treatment that people with similar names to other individuals on watchlists receive during border checks at airports.

Answer

Seema Malhotra
Our priority is to maintain a secure border. Border Force performs checks on all passengers arriving at the UK border on scheduled services to identify individuals who pose, or are suspected to pose, a risk to the national interest. Identities, and combin...

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