HC Deb 14 May 1992 vol 207 c202W
23. Mr. David Shaw

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the numbers of illegal immigrants attempting entry through Dover port during the last 15 years.

Mr. Charles Wardle

Comprehensive figures covering the last 15 years are not available. So far this year up to 7 May, 44 clandestine illegal entrants have been detected at the port of Dover, compared with 20 detected during the whole of 1991.