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<p>Any estimate of the exact size of the illegal population is extremely difficult
and there would be considerable uncertainty around it.</p><p> </p><p>Exit checks were
introduced in April 2015 and are, over time, providing more detailed insights into
the behaviour of migrants and how they comply with the restrictions placed upon their
length of stay in the UK, but the data obtained does not provide the total number
of illegal migrants in the UK. Instead of producing inaccurate numbers, the Government
is focused on making it harder for people to live in the UK illegally.</p><p> </p><p>The
International Passenger Survey is the responsibility of the Office for National Statistics
and does not provide estimates of the size of the illegal population.</p>
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