Martin Banks

(asked on 14th April 2022) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the circumstances leading to the detention of journalist, Martin Banks, by the UK Border Force on 26 February 2022.


Answered by
Damian Hinds Portrait
Damian Hinds
Minister of State (Education)
This question was answered on 27th April 2022

We do not comment on individual cases.

Border Force’s number one priority is to maintain a secure border, and we will not compromise on this.

While it is not possible to reveal the details of how security checks at the border operate, Border Force undertakes to perform 100 per cent checks on scheduled passengers arriving in the UK.

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