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Undocumented Migrants: Disclosure of Information

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainHome OfficeTabled Answered 12 June 2025UIN 56618

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a public reporting scheme that offers financial rewards for verified reports of illegal migrants.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

The Home Office already operates an Immigration Enforcement hotline and provides several other routes for members of the public to report information regarding immigration related crime and/or abuse. Over the past three years we have seen an increase in information received from members of the public – we publish this information on a quarterly basis and it can be found here: Migration transparency data - GOV.UK.

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