Written questions

Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

Commons · Question 36292 · Tabled 6 Mar 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 10 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Amanda Martin

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 14 February 2025 to Question 30583 on Undocumented Migrants: English Channel, on how many days Border Force implemented a red rating for expected numbers of small boat

Answer

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 10 Mar 2025

Border Force records show that crossing attempts were assessed as being ‘likely’ or ‘highly likely’ on 117 occasions between 5 July 2024 to 5 March 2025, and on 61 occasions between 5 July 2023 to 5 March 2024.