§ 39. Mr. Budgenasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what 654W new measures have been taken in the last year to prevent illegal immigration and illegal overstaying.
§ Mr. RaisonThe new Immigration Rules which came into operation on 1 March were designed to strengthen the control and among other things to restrict the opportunities for overstaying: they provide for the refusal of entry and of extensions of stay in a wider variety of circumstances than previously. The Immigration Service and the police continue to be vigilant against those who seek to evade the control or to enter by employing deception. A closer working relationship between the police and the Immigration Service is being developed, and is resulting in more effective measures to detect illegal entrants and over-stayers. The action being taken by the Government to deal firmly with those found to have offended against the immigration laws is a deterrent to potential offenders.