I do not think I acknowledged that at all. In terms of the figures that I set out for Calais, 6,000 attempted illegal migrants were intercepted last year and so far this year we are running ahead of that rate, so I am confident that the full-year total will be ahead of it. The performance is improving, therefore. I saw that myself when I visited, and our officers do an excellent job in stopping people even getting to the UK. That is why the juxtaposed controls are so important.
Border Force
Proceeding contribution from
Mark Harper
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 4 September 2013.
It occurred during Urgent question on Border Force.
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