Immigration Controls: Boats
Commons · Question 71053 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 4 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Lee Anderson
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what search procedures are conducted on migrants immediately upon arrival from a small boat.
Answer
Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 4 Sep 2025
All migrants arriving by small boats are subject to physical searches upon arrival, and clothing is removed and replaced as part of initial reception processing.Some small weapons - for example, knives - have occasionally been seized as a result of those ...