Hampshire illegal immigrant arrests: Where suspects came from

Albania and Iran figure highly in the nationality breakdown on more than 700 suspected illegal immigrants arrested in Hampshire.
By The Newsroom
Published 31st Aug 2016, 11:17 BST
Updated 31st Aug 2016, 12:21 BST
Police on an immigration raidPolice on an immigration raid
Police on an immigration raid

Hampshire Police released the information after a request under the Freedom of Information Act revealed that 731 people were held in the county in the past three years.

Country by country, the list of those arrested is:-

AFGHANISTAN 52

ALBANIA 135

ALGERIA 4

ANGOLA 1

BANGLADESH 32

BRAZIL 1

BURMA 1

CAMEROON 2

CHINA 26

CONGO 1

CONGO, THE D.R. OF 1

CUBA 1

CZECH REPUBLIC 1

EAST AFRICA 4

EGYPT 5

ERITREA 72

ETHIOPIA 10

FRANCE 3

GAMBIA 3

GHANA 1

GREECE 1

GUINEA 2

INDIA 21

IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF 112

IRAQ 73

ITALY 3

JAMAICA 1

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 1

KOSOVO 1

LATVIA 2

LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA 2

LITHUANIA 1

MALAYSIA 1

MAURITANIA 1

MOROCCO 2

NEPAL 2

NIGERIA 6

NOT STATED 1

OTHER 1

PAKISTAN 18

PHILIPPINES 1

POLAND 10

ROMANIA 4

RUSSIAN FEDERATION 2

SENEGAL 1

SOUTH AFRICA 2

SOUTH SUDAN 2

SPAIN 1 1

SRI LANKA 2

SUDAN 35

SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC 22

TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF 2

THAILAND 1

TURKEY 3

UGANDA 1

UKRAINE 6

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 1

UNITED KINGDOM 5

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 2

VIETNAM 14

ZAMBIA 1

ZIMBABWE 5