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<p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to accurately quantify the number of
immigration offenders in the UK as, by their very nature, those that deliberately
evade immigration control to enter and stay in the country illegally are not officially
recorded until they come to light and are arrested.</p><p> </p><p>The Immigration
Bill will provide new powers to implement exit checks, which the last Labour Government
scrapped in 1998. This will allow the Home Office to screen those who leave the UK
to identify threats and persons of interest to Border Force, immigration enforcement
and other law enforcement bodies, and to enable an appropriate response.<br><br>The
Home Office continues to prevent abuse, pursue offenders and increase compliance with
immigration law - our Immigration Compliance and Enforcement teams across the UK target
illegal migrants who have no right to live and work in the community.<br><br>The Immigration
Bill will stop migrants using public services to which they are not entitled, reduce
the factors which encourage people to come to the UK and make it easier to remove
people who should not be here.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
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