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Unauthorized entry and stay covers entering or remaining in a country without permission. Under 8 U.S. Code section 1325 an alien who enters or attempts to enter the United States at a time or place other than as designated by immigration officers, eludes examination or inspection, or enters by a willfully false or misleading representation or concealment of a material fact commits an offense, punishable by up to six months for a first offense and up to two years for a later one. Under 18 U.S. Code section 2199 a stowaway is someone who, without the consent of the owner, charterer, master or person in command, boards or secretes himself aboard a vessel or aircraft with intent to obtain transportation.

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8 U.S.C. 1325 (Cornell Legal Information Institute)
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Any alien who (1) enters or attempts to enter the United States at any time or place other than as designated by immigration officers
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Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School: 18 U.S. Code 2199, Stowaways on vessels or aircraft
Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law SchoolSection 2199
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with intent to obtain transportation, boards, enters or secretes himself aboard such vessel or aircraft
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Stowaway (Wikipedia)
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A stowaway or clandestine traveller is a person who secretly boards a vehicle, such as a ship, an aircraft, a train, cargo truck or bus.
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Illegal entry (Wikipedia)
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Illegal entry is the act of foreign nationals arriving in or crossing the borders into a country in violation of its immigration law.
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legislation.gov.uk (The National Archives): Immigration Act 1971, section 24
legislation.gov.uk (The National Archives)Has Member: Illegal Immigration, Section text
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A person who knowingly enters the United Kingdom in breach of a deportation order commits an offence.
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