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Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

Asked by Lee AndersonReform UKHome OfficeTabled Answered 20 March 2025UIN 38127

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help end crossings by small boat across the English Channel.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

I refer the Honourable Member to the statement made by the Home Secretary on 10 February 2025, when moving the Border, Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill for its second reading.

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