Written question asked by Lord Grayling (Conservative) on Wednesday, 10 February 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 22 February 2010. It was answered by Alan Johnson (Labour) on Wednesday, 7 April 2010 on behalf of the Home Office.
Illegal Immigrants
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many illegal immigrants have been found (a) in total and (b) at each of the main ports of entry to the United Kingdom in each year since 1997.
- Answer
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It is Government policy to publish border force management information at a regional level, as location specific information could provide value to those seeking to circumvent our controls.The following table provides the number of illegal entrants detected by border force officers in the south and north regions between 2003 and 2009. These figures do not include the number of illegal immigrant's encountered in-country, and do not include those encountered at the juxtaposed borders in France and Belgium.
Region South North Total 2009 303 23 326 2008 455 45 500 2007 487 47 534 2006 393 28 421 2005 312 7 319 2004 241 — 241 2003 70 — 70
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 508 c1392W; 317764
- Session
- 2009-10
- Subjects
- Undocumented migrants
- Contains statistics
- Yes
- Link
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