Written questions

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...