Written Question·Home Office·UIN 105769

Asylum: France

Tabled: 14 January 2026

Answered: 20 January 2026

Question

Afzal Khan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of UK–France border agreements in the context of trends in the number of (a) fatalities and (b) reports of violence at the border; and whether any ch

Answer

Alex Norris

Violence against French law enforcement is unacceptable. Whilst the French law enforcement response to that violent conduct has to be a matter for the French authorities, we continue to support their operations to prevent small boat crossings.