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Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

Asked by Emily ThornberryLabourHome OfficeTabled Answered 14 February 2025UIN 30583

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 11 March 2024 to Question 17333 on Undocumented Migrants: English Channel, on how many days Border Force implemented a red rating for expected numbers of small boat cro

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

Border Force recorded the likelihood of crossing attempts of the Channel being made by migrants in small boats as likely or highly likely on 23 occasions between 1 January and 11 February 2025.

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