Undocumented Migrants: Northern Ireland
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of illegal migrants that entered the UK using the Northern Ireland border in each of the last five years.
Answered by Dame Angela Eagle
The Home Office does not make estimates of the number of illegal immigrants in the UK.
Information about the number of illegal migrants in Northern Ireland or using the Northern Ireland border is not available in our published data.
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 March 2025 - GOV.UK.
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