Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions a small boat was recorded as entering UK waters with more than (a) 50, (b) 60, (c) 70 and (d) 80 people on board in (i) 2021-22, (ii) 2022-23, (iii) 2023-24 and (iv) 2024-25.
Answered by Dame Angela Eagle
The Home Office has interpreted the question to mean boats carrying a) 51 – 60 people; b) 61 – 70 people, and so on. The Home Office does not record this information in terms of boats ‘entering UK waters’ but as numbers of people who arrived in the UK for each individual boat.
51 - 60 | 61 - 70 | 71 - 80 | 80+ | |
2021-22 | 38 | 12 | 2 | 6 |
2022-23 | 241 | 40 | 4 | 1 |
2023-24 | 201 | 100 | 31 | 4 |
2024-25 (to 27 Mar) | 169 | 176 | 102 | 26 |
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