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Immigration

Volume 471: debated on Tuesday 29 January 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many women discovered by police and immigration services as part of Operation Rampart were in the UK as illegal immigrants; and how many had been trafficked into the United Kingdom. (181114)

48 women found were discovered to be in the country unlawfully.

Of the women discovered in this operation one had been identified as a victim of trafficking.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were (a) arrested, (b) charged and (c) convicted of immigration offences as part of Operation Rampart. (181113)

Operation Rampart led to the arrest of 42 people on suspicion of being in the United Kingdom unlawfully. Of these 37 people were removed from the country. Three people were also charged with document offences.

In a related operation three people were arrested and prosecuted for passport offences and on conviction were also removed from the UK.