Written Question·Home Office·UIN 48832

Undocumented Migrants: Northern Ireland

Tabled: 28 April 2025

Answered: 1 May 2025

Named Day

Question

Jim Allister

Traditional Unionist Voice — North Antrim

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what procedures are in place to check the movement of people over the Northern Ireland-Republic land border to identify illegal immigrants with no right to access the Common Travel Area.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle

As the Hon Member will be aware, no immigration checks are undertaken on the Northern Ireland-Republic land border, but our enforcement agencies do operate intelligence-led operational activity throughout the UK to ensure that all individuals within our t...

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