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Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

Asked by Ben Obese-JectyConservativeHome OfficeTabled Answered 18 November 2025UIN 89772

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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2025 to Question 83507 on Undocumented Migrants: English Channel, whether that figure refers to the number of people prevented from crossing.

Answered by Alex Norris

9,686 refers to the number of attempts by people prevented from crossing in that time period.

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