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Asylum: Undocumented Workers

Commons · Question 120275 · Tabled 11 Mar 2026 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 31 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by James McMurdock

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled Asylum handouts and accommodation removed for illegal migrants abusing Britain’s generosity, published on 5 March 2026, what information her d

Answer

Answered by Alex Norris, 31 Mar 2026

Home Office holds details of people claiming asylum who have been encountered during illegal working enforcement visits. This data only reflects those detected through enforcement activity and cannot be used to estimate the number of asylum seekers who ma...