Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of people who have entered the UK illegally via Northern Ireland’s border with the Republic of Ireland during the last 12 months.

To maintain the highest standards of accuracy, the Home Office prefers to refer to published data, as this has been subject to rigorous quality assurance under National Statistics protocols prior to publication.

Information about illegal entry to the UK is not currently available in our published data.

Our published data is available at the following link: Immigration system statistics, year ending September 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)