People Smuggling: Sanctions
Commons · Question 71731 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 9 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take to (a) monitor and (b) evaluate the effectiveness of the people smuggling sanctions regime.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Doughty, 9 Sep 2025
The UK has so far sanctioned 25 targets - 20 individuals and five entities - at the heart of people-smuggling networks that drive irregular migration to the UK. These targets were identified through close co-ordination across government departments, inclu...