Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what are the procedures in support of public safety for dealing with migrants arriving at detention centres who have suspected links to organised criminal groups.

Detention plays a key role in maintaining effective immigration controls and securing the UK’s borders, particularly in connection with the removal of people who have no right to remain in the UK but who refuse to leave voluntarily.

A range of safety and security safeguards operate in all immigration removal centres (IRCs) to ensure the safety of all individuals detained, staff and visitors. This includes physical security measures, dynamic security, use of intelligence and a range of strategies and policies to deal with anti-social behaviour, bullying, self-harm and violence.

We do not tolerate any kind of criminal activity in our IRCs, and any allegation of crime is immediately reported to the police for investigation.