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Undocumented Migrants: Costs

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainHome OfficeTabled Answered 7 March 2025UIN 34701

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the cost of the public purse of all illegal migrants per migrant per year, excluding asylum seekers.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

Relevant data concerning Home Office expenditure on tackling illegal immigration is published on a routine basis in the Department's annual reports.

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