Written Question·Home Office·UIN 30583

Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

Tabled: 11 February 2025
Answered: 14 February 2025

Question

Emily Thornberry

LabourIslington South and Finsbury

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 11 March 2024 to Question 17333 on Undocumented Migrants: English Channel, on how many days Border Force implemented a red rating for expected numbers of small boat cro

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
Border Force recorded the likelihood of crossing attempts of the Channel being made by migrants in small boats as likely or highly likely on 23 occasions between 1 January and 11 February 2025.