Undocumented Migrants: DNA and Fingerprints
Commons · Question 65682 · Tabled 7 Jul 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on recording the (a) DNA and (b) fingerprints of migrants who arrive in the UK illegally.
Answer
Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 10 Jul 2025
As per the practice under successive governments, the Home Office collects biometric data, in the form of facial images and fingerprints, from all people who enter the UK illegally where they are aged over five, for the purpose of verifying identity and e...