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Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainHome OfficeTabled Answered 22 November 2024UIN 14137

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 12 November 2024 to Question 12574 on Undocumented Migrants: English Channel, how many irregular migrants aged (a) 14, (b) 15, (c) 16, (d) 17, (e) 18 and (f) 19 crossed the Channel in each year since 2018.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

The Home Office does not publish data on individual ages of small boat arrivals to the UK.

Official statistics published by the Home Office are kept under review in line with the code of practice for statistics, taking into account a number of factors including user needs, the resources required to compile the statistics, as well as quality and availability of data. These reviews allow us to balance the production of our regular statistics whilst developing new statistics for future release.

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