Written Question·Home Office·UIN 36292

Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

Tabled: 6 March 2025
Answered: 10 March 2025

Question

Amanda Martin

LabourPortsmouth North

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 14 February 2025 to Question 30583 on Undocumented Migrants: English Channel, on how many days Border Force implemented a red rating for expected numbers of small boat

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
Border Force records show that crossing attempts were assessed as being ‘likely’ or ‘highly likely’ on 117 occasions between 5 July 2024 to 5 March 2025, and on 61 occasions between 5 July 2023 to 5 March 2024.