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Undocumented Migrants: Sentencing

Asked by James McMurdockIndependentHome OfficeTabled Answered 19 January 2026UIN 104398

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people convicted of illegal entry since the commencement of the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 have received the maximum sentence available for that offence; and what assessment she has mad

Answered by Alex Norris

There have been no prosecutions resulting in the maximum sentence for illegal entry.Maximum sentences are in place to deal with the most serious and egregious offenders, and their usage is not expected to be a commonplace occurrence.

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