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Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

Asked by Nigel FarageReform UKHome OfficeTabled Answered 22 October 2024UIN 8693

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many small boats without permission to enter the UK departing from northern France have been disrupted this year, and of those how many migrants were (a) detained or (b) attempted a further crossi

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

So far in 2024 (to 6 October) a total of 607 boats have been prevented from crossing the Channel as a result of our joint work with the French.

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