Enforcing our immigration laws
Most migrants come to the United Kingdom legally, make a positive contribution to our society, and leave when their time is due. There are migrants, however, that have entered the country illegally, broken our laws or failed to leave when their visa or permission to stay has run out.
Our enforcement priority is to tackle the most harmful illegal migrants: those who pose a threat to national security and those responsible for serious or violent crime or people trafficking.
Over the past year we have widened our enforcement operations to focus on illegal workers and foreign national prisoners. We successfully deported more than 4,000 foreign national prisoners in 2007.
