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To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of border controls between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland in processing legitimate crossings; and what steps they are taking to ensure that the border does not provide an illegal port of entry into the United Kingdom.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of border controls between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland in processing legitimate crossings; and what steps they are taking to ensure that the border does not provide an illegal port of entry into the United Kingdom.
Asked by
Viscount Waverley
(Crossbench)
Answered by
Baroness Browning
(Conservative)
Type
Written questions
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Answered
Answered on
11 August 2011
The UK Government believe that free movement for those who are lawfully present within the common travel area (CTA) provides important economic and social benefits to the UK. None the less, we are committed to preventing abuse. The chief inspector of the UK Border Agency recently assessed our controls for the common travel area. Building on his recommendations, we are working to improve controls within the UK and our joint working with Ireland to counter the threat of illegal immigration and organised immigration crime within the CTA. The UK Border Agency (UKBA), UK police and the Garda Siochana in Ireland run intelligence-led operations to reduce threats from within the CTA by conducting checks to establish individuals' entitlement to the provisions of the CTA.
We are also working together with Ireland to prevent abuse of the CTA by strengthening the external CTA border through developing common standards and systems for entry into the CTA.
Notes
Answer received between Monday 25 July and Monday 1 August 2011.
Subjects
Borders; Immigration controls; Northern Ireland; Republic of Ireland
Date
11 August 2011
Reference
11365; 729 c418WA
House
House of Lords