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People Smuggling: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is taking steps to prevent people smuggling at the border from Ireland into Northern Ireland.

answeredJim AllisterHome Office

About this written question

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
10 Jun 2025
Target answer date
16 Jun 2025
Answer
17 Jul 2025 · 37 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is taking steps to prevent people smuggling at the border from Ireland into Northern Ireland.

  2. 16 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    Journeys from Ireland to the UK are within the Common Travel Area (CTA). As part of the CTA arrangements, the UK does not operate routine immigration controls of individuals arriving in the UK by air or sea from within the CTA, and no immigration checks a...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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