HC Deb 06 April 1978 vol 947 cc165-6W
Mr. Arthur Lewis

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why the recent illegal entry into the United Kingdom of Mr. William Wilkinson, Imperial Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, was not discovered earlier; whether he will give an assurence that illegal immigration by way of and from other European Economic Community countries is not now being practised; and what action can be and is taken against those who enter from the European Economic Community and remain without authority.

Mr. Merlyn Rees

The countries from which they have travelled does not determine the action to be taken against people who require and do not have leave to enter or remain under the Immigration Act 1971. It will depend upon the circumstances of each case.

Prompt action was taken by the police to apprehend Mr. Wilkinson immediately it became clear that he was in the country.

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