Written questions

Asylum: Transport

Commons · Question 28555 · Tabled 9 Sep 2026 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 17 Sep 2026

Question

Asked by Rupert Lowe

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether asylum seekers transported by coach from UK ports to reception or processing centres are accompanied by Home Office, Border Force, police, security, or welfare staff; and what guidance governs

Answer

Answered by Anna Turley, 17 Sep 2026

The Home Office has interpreted these questions to apply to the arrangements for bringing migrants from Channel crossings to the Immigration Reception Centre at Manston in particular, rather than detainee escorting more generally. People being moved from ...