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Written Question
Immigration Officers: Dover Port
Thursday 23rd July 2015

Asked by: Lord Northbourne (Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many immigration officers were on duty on 21 July at the port of Dover; and what assessment they have made of whether that number was adequate.

Answered by Lord Bates

Her Majesty’s Government does not comment on port specific deployment numbers. Border Force deployed additional resources to combat the increase in opportunistic migrant activity. The UK Immigration controls for the Dover – Calais, Dover – Dunkirk routes are located in Calais.