United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 102616
Undocumented Migrants
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2 January 2026
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12 January 2026 · Answer
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12 January 2026
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the number of illegal migrants residing within the UK.
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2 January 2026
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the number of illegal migrants residing within the UK.
Source: Commons
12 January 2026
Answer
By its very nature, it is not possible to know the exact size of the illegal population, or the number of people who arrive illegally, and so we do not seek to make any official or internal estimates of the illegal population. The latest position on this ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-01-02/102616
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1867438
- uk · wq-1867438 · source updated 12 January 2026