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Written question asked by Rupert Lowe (Reform UK) on Wednesday, 4 December 2024, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 6 December 2024. It was answered by Angela Eagle (Labour) on Thursday, 12 December 2024 on behalf of the Home Office.


Manston Asylum Processing Centre and Western Jet Foil

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times the number of irregular migrants processed at Western Jet Foil did not match the number processed at Manston Immigration Centre since February 2022.

Answer

All people arriving at Western JetFoil are controlled and tracked through the immigration system, irrespective of the processing facility used.

The majority of are processed further at Manston Immigration Centre but certain vulnerable cohorts, such as Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children who are processed at the Kent Intake Unit (KIU), are processed elsewhere including in circumstances (e.g. medical emergency) where immediate onward processing at Manston is neither practical nor desirable.

The frequency of occurrence of this minority cohort of arrivals, and the manual trawl of records that would be required to confirm numbers, is such that the information would only be available at a disproportionate cost.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
17976
Session
2024-26
Subjects
Manston Asylum Processing Centre Western Jet Foil
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk