Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many illegal migrants have been apprehended by the Border Force (a) on the English side of the French border at Calais and (b) in Kent in each month of 2015.

To ensure the integrity and security of the UK border Her Majesty’s Government does not comment on port specific statistics.

At the regional juxtaposed ports in Northern France, around 40,000 attempts to cross the Channel illegally in 2014/15 have been prevented by Border Force and its contractors and the French authorities.