Philip Davies – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2014-05-06.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of people who came to the UK to (a) participate in and (b) spectate at the 2012 Olympic Games who remain in the country illegally.

James Brokenshire

Close to 70,000 records of individuals who were accredited by LOCOG (London
Organising Committee of the Olympic Games) have been investigated. These
individuals were subject to immigration control. This would include athletes,
coaches, sponsors, etc. but the records do not include those who came merely to
watch the Games.

At the time of the investigations, 82 individuals had claimed asylum and 50 had
not returned but were in possession of another form of legitimate leave.