Immigrants: Biometrics

(asked on 30th June 2020) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to Answer of 30 June 2020 to Question 63333 on Immigrants: Biometrics, under which statutory authority are finger prints collected; within what radius of the juxtaposed controls are fingerprints collected; and how many people have been finger printed since 15 May 2020.


Answered by
Chris Philp Portrait
Chris Philp
Minister of State (Home Office)
This question was answered on 7th July 2020

There are various powers to fingerprint illegal migrants, but Border Force collect prints under Section 141 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.

This legislation is extended to Coquelles within the Channel Tunnel (International Arrangements) Order 1993 (SI 1993/1813).

The legislation is extended to Calais/Dunkerque within the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Juxtaposed Controls) Order 2003.

Location

Applicable articles

Coquelles (Eurotunnel)

Articles 8, 9, 10 and 34 of the Sangatte Protocol

Calais and Dunkerque sea ports

Articles 3, 5 and 15(2) of the Le Touquet Treaty

Fingerprinting is only undertaken within the specified UK control zones at juxtaposed ports.

Border Force does not hold the data requested in an accessible format.

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