Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps are being taken to increase surveillance and resources in Northern Ireland to prevent people from illegally entering the UK from the Republic of Ireland.

Immigration Enforcement and Border Force, the Police Service of Northern Ireland and other UK police forces all work together to counter the risk of illegal entry to the UK through the Republic of Ireland. The Home Office conduct regular intelligence led operations to detect those individualswho abuse the provisions of the Common Travel Area by entering the UK illegally through the Republic of Ireland. The frequency and level of such operations is kept under review to provide a suitable response to this risk.