PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Undocumented Migrants (20 December 2018)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of illegal immigrants residing in the UK.
Asked by:
Sir John Hayes (Conservative)
Asked by:
Sir John Hayes (Conservative)
Answer
Any estimate of the exact size of the illegal population is extremely difficult and there would be considerable uncertainty around it.
Exit checks were introduced in April 2015 and are, over time, providing more detailed insights into the behaviour of migrants and how they comply with the restrictions placed upon their length of stay in the UK. Instead of producing inaccurate numbers, the Government is focused on making it harder for people to live in the UK illegally.
Answered by:
Caroline Nokes (Conservative)
14 January 2019
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