Written Question·Home Office·UIN 58749
Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
Tabled: 10 June 2025
Answered: 18 June 2025
Question
Nick Timothy
Conservative — West Suffolk
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department collects data on the number of people that have made more than one attempt to illegally enter the UK by crossing the English Channel in each year since 2020.
Answer
Dame Angela EagleNo robust or comprehensive data is held in this category, given that many attempts to cross the Channel illegally will fail before an individual has been identified by the UK authorities.