'Poor Record' On Illegal Immigrant Removals By Rhiannon Mills, Sky News Reporter Fewer than one in 50 reports of illegal immigration result in a person being removed from the country, according to a new report from the Home Affairs Select Committee. A closer look at the allegations database, set up by the now-defunct UK Border Agency (UKBA) to follow up tip-offs by the public, reveals only 6% of claims led to an investigation and 1.5% led to removals. Chairman of the Committee Rt. Hon Keith Vaz MP said: "This is a very poor record and does not give confidence to those who go out of their way to help the Home Office. Keith Vaz says the Government needs to take action on illegal immigration If the Government wants to get tough on illegal immigrants it needs to take effective action. When people make allegations about those here illegally the Home Office must act. Between September 30 last year and June 30 this year 48,660 allegations had been received - about 178 a day. The group of MPs looked in detail at the work of the UKBA between January and March 2013 before the agency was closed down. The report also said backlogs in immigration and asylum applications could take over five years to clear if more isn't done. The committee found 432,000 cases still needed processing, and while that was 70,400 fewer than the previous quarter, most of that reduction was achieved simply by loading pending cases onto computer systems. Mr Vaz said: "There are still over 430,000 cases languishing in the backlogs, enough to fill Wembley Stadium almost five times over. As we have said on numerous occasions, the backlogs must be cleared as a matter of priority, only then will the Home Office be able to tackle the deeper problems in the immigration system. In March, Home Secretary Theresa May announced the UKBA would be abolished after a damning report found the agency was too big, not transparent enough and had failing IT systems. It has now been replaced by two separate teams within the Home Office; an immigration and visa service, along with a group dealing with immigration law enforcement. The Home Affairs Select Committee concludes that the backlogs in visa and asylum applications must be cleared as a matter of priority.