Written Question·Home Office·UIN 71054

Immigration Controls: Boats

Tabled: 29 August 2025

Answered: 4 September 2025

Question

Lee Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats have been found carrying (a) drugs and (b) weapons upon arrival in the UK in the last year.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle

All migrants arriving by small boats are subject to physical searches upon arrival, and clothing is removed and replaced as part of initial reception processing.Some small weapons – for example, knives – have occasionally been seized as a result of those ...

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