§ 26. Mrs. PeacockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what action his Department is taking to curb the activities of those bringing illegal immigrants into the United Kingdom for profit. [25064]
§ Miss WiddecombeThe Immigration Service works closely with the police and other agencies in this country and abroad to gather, evaluate and disseminate intelligence about those engaged in facilitating illegal entry to this country; suspected areas of abuse are investigated and the Crown Prosecution Service instigates prosecutions in appropriate cases.
The Immigration (Carriers' Liability) Act 1987 requires all air and sea carriers to ensure that they do not carry inadequately documented passengers. In addition, the Asylum and Immigration Bill seeks to create the new offences of facilitating for reward the entry of an asylum seeker and assisting a person to obtain leave to remain to which they have no entitlement.