Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many illegal immigrants who have been detected and intercepted on arrival in the United Kingdom from France during the last twelve months have been returned to France.

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

Figures are based on interceptions at arrivals in UK ports only. These figures do not include in-country finds (ie lorry drops etc) and the country of departure in some cases is claimed.

The figures quoted are management information, which is subject to internal quality checks and may be subject to change. Data on the number of illegal immigrants returned to France is not centrally held.