Written Question·Home Office·UIN 21967
Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
Tabled: 6 January 2025
Answered: 15 January 2025
Question
Sir John Hayes
Conservative — South Holland and The Deepings
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people arriving on small boats died in the English channel in each of the last three years.
Answer
Dame Angela EagleA total of 138 people are known to have died since August 2019 as a result of attempting to cross the Channel by small boat.Almost all of these fatalities have occurred in French territorial waters, and the records of these held by the Home Office are pri...
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