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Undocumented Migrants

Asked by Nick TimothyConservativeHome OfficeTabled Answered 2 April 2025UIN 41560

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers arrived in the UK without appropriate documents in in each year since 2020.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

The information requested is not available from published statistics, and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.

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