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Illegal Immigrants: Deportation

Volume 506: debated on Tuesday 23 February 2010

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what percentage of people caught entering the UK illegally were deported in each of the last five years. (316175)

Between January 2005 and December 2009, 33,176 illegal entrants were detected by Border Force officers at the UK Border.

Of the 33,176 illegal entrants detected, 31,968 were removed or deported. A detailed annual breakdown is provided in the following table:

Illegal entrants detected

Illegal entrants removed/deported

Percentage removed/deported

2005

3,287

3,090

94

2006

5,589

5,442

97

2007

5,981

5,778

97

2008

8,983

8,643

96

2009

9,336

9,015

97

Total

33,176

31,968

96

The information used to answer this question has been taken from a live database and is therefore subject to change. It is suitable for management information purposes and has not been subject to the detailed checks required to qualify as National Statistics.