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Undocumented Migrants: Northern Ireland

Commons · Question 86132 · Tabled 28 Oct 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 4 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Jim Allister

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many hotels are being used as contingency accommodation for irregular migrants in Northern Ireland.

Answer

Answered by Alex Norris, 4 Nov 2025

Northern Ireland is not a dispersal area and asylum seekers are therefore not routed between Northern Ireland and Great Britain, Northern Ireland’s asylum population is however, proportionate to its population when compared to the UK. Because Northern Ire...