Written Question·Home Office·UIN 8693
Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
Tabled: 11 October 2024
Answered: 22 October 2024
Question
Nigel Farage
Reform UK — Clacton
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many small boats without permission to enter the UK departing from northern France have been disrupted this year, and of those how many migrants were (a) detained or (b) attempted a further crossi
Answer
Dame Angela EagleSo far in 2024 (to 6 October) a total of 607 boats have been prevented from crossing the Channel as a result of our joint work with the French.