Undocumented Migrants
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of what the pull-factors are that are encouraging illegal immigration to the UK.
Answered by Alex Norris
There is no single, universal ‘pull’ factor independently driving irregular migration to the UK. In many cases, asylum seekers are directed or even coerced by organised criminal networks.
The Government’s Plan for Change sets out our ambition to secure borders and control immigration. We are committed to tackling illegal migration and the criminal networks behind it. We have launched campaigns directed at misinformation on pull factors and are taking tougher action on illegal working, with major increases in enforcement visits and arrests. We are continuing work to streamline and improve the asylum system so that it deals with cases more quickly and better enables us to remove failed asylum seekers - we intend to announce further reforms to the asylum system later this year.
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