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People Smuggling: English Channel

Asked by Wendy MortonConservativeHome OfficeTabled Answered 3 March 2025UIN 33032

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to strengthen deterrents against people smugglers involved in illegal Channel crossings; and what steps the Government is taking with its international counterparts

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

I refer the Honourable Member to the Written Ministerial Statement (UIN UCSW406) made by the Home Secretary on 30 January 2025 on the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill.

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