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女士问内政部长：

(a) 在过去两年中，平均每年有多少外国人在移民与关卡局签发的访问准证过期后仍非法留在新加坡？

(b) 尚未被当局逮捕的逾期滞留者共有多少人？‍

尚穆根（内政部长）：过去两年，每年平均有450名逾期居留者被捕。其㆗约270人持有短期或长期准证。

我们估计，大约有500至600名逾期逗留者未被逮捕。这还不到我们每年入境游客人数的0.001%。有些人可能无意中超过了所持通行证的有效期，而另一些人则出于求职等原因故意滞留。

要立即逮捕逾期居留者并非总是可能的，因为他们可能已经更改了联系方式或住址，而不是以前向移民关卡局（ICA）申报的详细信息。尽管如此，移民关卡局将继续进行严格的执法检查，并与其他执法机构（如新加坡警察部队）合作，发现并逮捕逾期滞留者，以确保情况得到控制。

STATISTICS ON OVERSTAYERS WHO REMAIN IN SINGAPORE ILLEGALLY OVER PAST TWO YEARS AND OVERSTAYERS AT-LARGE

46 Ms Sylvia Lim asked the Minister for Home Affairs (a) in each year of the past two years, what is the average number of foreigners who remain in Singapore illegally after the expiry of their visit passes issued by the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority; and (b) what is the total number of overstayers who have not yet been arrested by the authorities. 

Mr K Shanmugam: In the past two years, an average of 450 overstayers were arrested each year. Of these, about 270 were holders of a Short-Term or Long-Term Visit Pass.

We estimate that there are about 500 to 600 overstayers who have not been arrested. This is less than 0.001% of our annual visitor arrival numbers. Some may have inadvertently stayed past the validity of their issued pass, while others do so intentionally for reasons, such as to seek employment.

It is not always possible to immediately arrest overstayers as they may have changed their contact details or residential address from the details previously declared to the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA). That said, ICA will continue its rigorous enforcement checks and work with other law enforcement agencies, such as the Singapore Police Force, to detect and arrest overstayers to ensure the situation is kept under control.