Written Question·Home Office·UIN 48224

Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

Tabled: 25 April 2025

Answered: 6 May 2025

Question

Ben Obese-Jecty

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who arrived illegally via small boat (a) before and (b) since 5 July 2024 are living in hotel accommodation.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle

The Home Office does not publish asylum support statistics broken down by method of arrival.However, data is published quarterly, on both the number of supported asylum seekers in accommodation, including hotels, and the number of small boat arrivals, and...

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