Electronic Travel Authorisations: Northern Ireland
Commons · Question 54627 · Tabled 30 May 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 4 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Gregory Campbell
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases have been initiated against people found to not be in possession of a valid Electronic Travel Authorisation in Northern Ireland between January and March 2025.
Answer
Answered by Seema Malhotra, 4 Jun 2025
Electronic travel authorisations were introduced in October 2023 to enhance our ability to screen travellers upstream and stop those who pose a threat from travelling to the United Kingdom. They were more recently expanded to eligible non-European nationa...