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- Operation Gull carries out roughly 70% of immigration enforcement actions in Northern Ireland.
- The UK Home Office detected over 900 offenders and detained 2,233 people in Northern Ireland.
- Since Labour assumed power, 2,682 raids were conducted, a 16% rise over the Conservative period.
- Romanian nationals were the most common detected offenders, numbering 83.
- The UK and Irish governments agreed to expand immigration data-sharing to secure the Common Travel Area.
