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Undocumented Migrants: Drugs

Asked by Sir John HayesConservativeHome OfficeTabled Answered 17 December 2025UIN 98348

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of immigrants detained following their arrival in the UK by small boats have been searched for drugs in each of the past five years.

Answered by Alex Norris

I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given to questions 71052, 71053 and 71054 on 4th September.

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