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Undocumented Migrants: Arrests

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the number of illegal migrants arrested by the Border Force in (a) the United Kingdom, (b) Leicestershire and (c) Mid Leicestershire constituency in the last 12 months.

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
12 Feb 2025
Target answer date
24 Feb 2025
Answer
24 Feb 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 12 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the number of illegal migrants arrested by the Border Force in (a) the United Kingdom, (b) Leicestershire and (c) Mid Leicestershire constituency in the last 12 months.

  2. 24 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 24 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    The requested information is not available in our published data, but our published national data on enforcement is available at the following link and includes data on detected irregular arrivals to the UK: Immigration system statistics, year ending Sept...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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