Written Question·Home Office·UIN 73215
People Smuggling and Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 4 September 2025
Question
James McMurdock
Independent — South Basildon and East Thurrock
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of using technology to assist with the reduction of crossings in the English Channel by (a) migrants and (b) people traffickers.
Answer
Dame Angela EagleThe Government keeps all options to tackle small boat crossings and the organised crime groups behind them under constant review, including the new and emerging technologies to do so.