Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the position of Northern Ireland to accept and accommodate refugees from Ukraine in the context of the Republic of Ireland having lifted all visa requirements and the unique border position between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

The UK Government meets regularly with the Devolved Administrations, including the Northern Ireland Executive, to discuss its humanitarian response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The UK Government remains committed to maintaining the Common Travel Area (CTA) arrangements, and this is an objective shared by all CTA members. There is a high level of cooperation on border security between both the UK and Irish Governments particularly in light of the war in Ukraine, to ensure we are taking all the necessary measures to protect and secure the CTA, this includes people travelling from Ireland to the UK.