Written questions

Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

Commons · Question 40500 · Tabled 24 Mar 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 1 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Wendy Morton

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to deport people who enter the UK by small boat.

Answer

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 1 Apr 2025

Since coming into office in July 2024, the Government has ensured the removal of 24,000 failed asylum seekers, foreign criminals and other migration offenders with no right to be in the UK, the highest nine-month total since 2017.