Undocumented Migrants

(asked on 11th January 2022) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the screening of illegal immigrants includes a comparison with biometric details held by the EU in order to detect the entry of terrorists into the UK.


Answered by
Baroness Williams of Trafford Portrait
Baroness Williams of Trafford
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
This question was answered on 31st January 2022

Illegal migrants detected in the UK are subject to comprehensive identity and security checks, including biometric checks.

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