Immigration Controls: Criminal Records
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is taking to ensure people arriving from (a) EU states and (b) non-EU sates are subject to criminal record checks when entering the UK.
Answered by Mike Tapp
Border Force performs checks on 100% of passengers arriving at the UK border on scheduled services, enabling interventions against those known or suspected to pose a risk to the national interest.
Border Force work alongside other law enforcement agencies at the border and will share information and refer cases when necessary to detect and deter criminality.
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