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Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainHome OfficeTabled Answered 26 November 2024UIN 14508

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) people and (b) boats have been prevented from crossing the English Channel by the French authorities since the start of UK payments for this purpose.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

The UK began funding French operations to counter crossings of the Channel by migrants in small boats in January 2019. Since that time, over 5,000 boats carrying more than 115,000 persons have been prevented from crossing.

Weekly summary of small boat arrivals and preventions - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

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