Undocumented Migrants: Detention Centres
Commons · Question 70949 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 9 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Lee Anderson
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to house irregular migrants only in secure detention centres.
Answer
Answered by Alex Norris, 9 Sep 2025
Immigration detention plays a key role in maintaining effective immigration controls and securing the UK’s borders. The Home Office detains people initially for examination purposes and for the purpose of removing people who have no right to remain in the...