Written Question·Home Office·UIN 40898

Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

Tabled: 24 March 2025
Answered: 31 March 2025
Named Day

Question

Matthew Patrick

LabourWirral West

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many days Border Force implemented a red rating for expected numbers of small boat crossings in the Channel in the (a) 2021-22, (b) 2022-23 and (c) 2023-24 financial years; and in the 2024-25 f

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
The Home Office has interpreted the question to mean the periods 6 April – 5 April for the years quoted. The following reflect the numbers of days in each financial year where crossing attempts were considered likely given forecast weather and sea conditi...

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