Written question asked by Lord Soames of Fletching (Conservative) on Tuesday, 5 November 2013, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 8 November 2013 (named day). It was answered by Lord Harper (Conservative) on Monday, 11 November 2013 on behalf of the Home Office.
Illegal Immigrants
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent assessment she has made of the number of illegal immigrants currently in the UK.
- Answer
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[holding answer 8 November 2013]: It is not possible to accurately quantify the number of immigration offenders in the UK as by their very nature
those that deliberately evade immigration control to enter and stay in the country illegally are not officially recorded until they come to light and are arrested.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 174731; 570 cc428-9W
- Session
- 2013-14
- Subjects
- Undocumented migrants
- Contains statistics
- Yes
- Link
- View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk
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- 2023-11-27 11:10:38 +0000
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