Written Question·Home Office·UIN 14508
Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
Tabled: 15 November 2024
Answered: 26 November 2024
Question
Rupert Lowe
Restore Britain — Great Yarmouth
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) people and (b) boats have been prevented from crossing the English Channel by the French authorities since the start of UK payments for this purpose.
Answer
Dame Angela EagleThe UK began funding French operations to counter crossings of the Channel by migrants in small boats in January 2019. Since that time, over 5,000 boats carrying more than 115,000 persons have been prevented from crossing.Weekly summary of small boat arri...
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