A question on #Asylum tabled by Sarah Pochin on 03-06-2025 has been answered by Dame Angela Eagle.

Heading: Asylum
Question ID: 1808935
UIN: 57124
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-06-03
Asking Member ID: 5403
Asking Member display name: Sarah Pochin
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Sarah Pochin
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what background checks her Department conducts on irregular migrants applying for asylum.
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Date answered: 2025-06-05
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Answering Member ID: 491
Answering Member display name: Dame Angela Eagle
Answering Member handle: angelaeagle
Answering Member Twitter reference: @angelaeagle
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Answer text: When an individual claims asylum, the Home Office conducts mandatory identity, criminality and security checks. Biographic and biometric data are routinely checked against relevant Home Office systems and police criminality databases including domestic an...
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Answering body ID: 1
Answering body name: Home Office
Tweeted: true