Written Question·Home Office·UIN 89655

Immigration Controls: Northern Ireland

Tabled: 11 November 2025
Answered: 18 November 2025

Question

Carla Lockhart

Democratic Unionist PartyUpper Bann

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of immigration controls to prevent human trafficking over the border between Northern Ireland and Ireland.

Answer

Mike Tapp
As part of the Common Travel Area (CTA) arrangements, the UK does not operate routine immigration controls on journeys from Ireland to the UK, with no immigration checks being undertaken on the Ireland-Northern Ireland land border.The UK carries out intel...

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