Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
Lords · Question HL1726 · Tabled 17 Oct 2024 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 31 Oct 2024
Question
Asked by Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown
To ask His Majesty's Government how many migrants have entered the UK in small boats since the general election; and how many entered the UK in small boats in the five months up to the general election.
Answer
Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint, 31 Oct 2024
From 5 July 2024 until 17 October 2024, a total of 13,983 migrants arrived in the UK having crossed the Channel in small boats. Between 5 February 2024 (five months before the election) and 4 July, the total was 12,239. It has been the normal pattern sinc...