Immigration Controls: Boats
Commons · Question 71054 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 4 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Lee Anderson
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats have been found carrying (a) drugs and (b) weapons upon arrival in the UK in the last year.
Answer
Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 4 Sep 2025
All migrants arriving by small boats are subject to physical searches upon arrival, and clothing is removed and replaced as part of initial reception processing.Some small weapons - for example, knives - have occasionally been seized as a result of those ...