Written Question·Home Office·UIN 100641

Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

Tabled: 16 December 2025

Answered: 22 December 2025

Question

Marie Goldman

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department has reviewed the suitability of resources, including trained personnel and appropriate equipment, used by UK Border Force when searching for and rescuing migrants in the English Chan

Answer

Mike Tapp

The operational response to these dangerous, illegal, and unnecessary crossings of the Channel by migrants in small boats is led by Border Security Command’s Maritime and Small Boat Operations. The personnel and equipment needs for that command are kept u...

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