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Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

Asked by Mr Gregory CampbellDemocratic Unionist PartyHome OfficeTabled Answered 17 December 2024UIN 19637

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who arrived in the UK by small boats since 5 July 2024 are (a) male and (b) female.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

The Home Office publishes quarterly statistics on detected irregular arrivals to the UK in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Quarterly data on detected irregular arrivals by sex and method of entry, including small boat arrivals, is published in table Irr_D01 of the ‘Irregular migration to the UK detailed datasets’. The latest data is up to the end of September 2024, with data up to December 2024 to be published on 27 February 2025.

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