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Electronic Travel Authorisations: Northern Ireland

Asked by Mr Gregory CampbellDemocratic Unionist PartyHome OfficeTabled Answered 4 June 2025UIN 54627

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases have been initiated against people found to not be in possession of a valid Electronic Travel Authorisation in Northern Ireland between January and March 2025.

Answered by Seema Malhotra

Electronic travel authorisations were introduced in October 2023 to enhance our ability to screen travellers upstream and stop those who pose a threat from travelling to the United Kingdom. They were more recently expanded to eligible non-European nationals (in November 2024) and Europeans (on 5 March this year). Further details of how the ETA requirement is being enforced will be published in due course.

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