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Number of Illegal Immigrants Arrested from 2011 onwards

Data from Jan 2011 to Dec 2022

Last updated: 08 Sep 2025, 09:29 SGT

ICA (Immigration and Checkpoints Authority)

Number of illegal immigrants arrested from 2011 onwards

Sample OpenAPI query

This code can be used to test a sample API query. It retrieves the data catalogue of this dataset. For a complete guide on query parameters and syntax, please refer to the API documentation. Try it out on your browser to see the response schema.

import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_1dc58c8dc5ebd00aa4fcfa3c62ad162f"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Immigration and Checkpoints Authority. (2016). Number of Illegal Immigrants Arrested from 2011 onwards (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved January 23, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_1dc58c8dc5ebd00aa4fcfa3c62ad162f/view