Written Question·Home Office·UIN 120032

Undocumented Migrants: Northern Ireland

Tabled: 11 March 2026
Answered: 17 March 2026
Named Day

Question

Alicia Kearns

ConservativeRutland and Stamford

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many illegal crossings were made over the Northern Ireland border in the last 5 years.

Answer

Alex Norris
It is not possible to state how many illegal crossings were made over the Northern Ireland border in the last 5 years as not all people arriving via illegal entry routes will be detected.Operation Gull is an ongoing Home Office Immigration Enforcement int...

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