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Written question asked by John Hayes (Conservative) on Tuesday, 20 February 2024, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 22 February 2024. It was answered by Michael Tomlinson (Conservative) on Wednesday, 28 February 2024 on behalf of the Home Office.


Undocumented Migrants: Airports

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were caught attempting to enter the UK illegally through (a) airports and (b) airfields in each year since 2019.

Answer

The Home Office publishes statistics on detected irregular arrivals to the UK in the ‘Irregular migration to the UK statistics’ release on gov.uk.

Data on people who have arrived in the UK as ‘Inadequately documented air arrivals’ are included in table Irr_01 of the ‘Irregular migration to the UK detailed datasets’, with the latest data up to the end of September 2023.

The Home Office does not publish the requested data in any further breakdowns.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
14797
Session
2023-24
Subjects
Airports Undocumented migrants
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk