Asylum
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what background checks her Department conducts on irregular migrants applying for asylum.
Answered by Dame Angela Eagle
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 and international data.
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