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UIN 85276

Asylum: Mobile Phones

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answeredUnited Kingdom· UK Parliament· EN

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1 December 2021

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9 December 2021 · Answer

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Asylum

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9 December 2021

Asylum

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 17 November 2020 to Question 114198, under what statutory powers the mobile telephones of people arriving by boat are seized and held for three to six months.

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  1. 1 December 2021

    Written question

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 17 November 2020 to Question 114198, under what statutory powers the mobile telephones of people arriving by boat are seized and held for three to six months.

    Source: Commons

  2. 9 December 2021

    Answer

    85276: The statutory powers used to seize mobile phones are s. 19 of PACE as applied by the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Application to immigration officers and designated customs officers in England and Wales) Order 2013 (the PACE Order) and s....

    Source: Written answer

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