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Illegal Immigrants

Volume 885: debated on Wednesday 29 January 1975

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asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many illegal immigrants were repatriated between 1st November 1973 and 1st February 1974 to Pakistan; and how many have since returned to the United Kingdom;(2) how many illegal immigrants repatriated between 1st November 1973 and 1st February 1974 to Pakistan have made application for re-entry to the United Kingdom.

Nineteen men were removed to Pakistan during this period as illegal entrants. A visa has been authorised to enable one of them to return; no information is readily available as to how many of the others have applied for visas.