Written Question·Home Office·UIN 4165

Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

Tabled: 4 September 2024

Answered: 9 September 2024

Named Day

Question

Sir Julian Lewis

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many migrants attempting to enter the United Kingdom illegally in small boats have died in the English Channel in each of the last five years: how many such fatalities were children; and how many

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle

There have been 31 tragedies, since August 2019, where 97 people are confirmed to have died and at least 14 people have been reported as missing at sea, presumed dead, as a result of or linked to attempting these dangerous crossings.Numbers of fatalitiesD...

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