Written Question·Home Office·UIN 103421

Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

Tabled: 6 January 2026
Answered: 13 January 2026

Question

Lee Anderson

Reform UKAshfield

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who have crossed the English Channel in small boats have been linked to proscribed terrorist groups in each of the last three years.

Answer

Dan Jarvis
The first priority of Government is protecting national security and the safety of UK citizens. All applications for UK immigration status, including for all those arriving through illegal migration routes, are subject to comprehensive checks.It would not...

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