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Undocumented Migrants: Cayman Islands

Asked by Andrew RosindellReform UKHome OfficeTabled Answered 26 March 2025UIN 38957

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support her Department is providing to the Cayman Islands to help counter illegal migration.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

The Home Office is developing plans to deliver Refresher Training and Train the Trainer courses in the Cayman Islands to enable their Customs and Border Control (CBC) officials to deliver asylum training to new staff. This builds on previous bespoke asylum casework training delivered in September 2022 and November 2023, February 2024 and March 2025 to upskill new and existing CBC staff and equip them with the knowledge and skills to consider requests for protection under international law.

The Home Office is also delivering a regional asylum training programme aimed at building asylum capability in all of the Overseas Territories (OTs) including the Cayman Islands. As part of the regional programme, an Overseas Territories Asylum Network has been launched which seeks to promote the sharing of expertise and best practice across all OTs and fosters shared learning.

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