People Smuggling: English Channel
Commons · Question 83831 · Tabled 21 Oct 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Wendy Morton
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of people who arrived by small boat crossings have been identified as being involved in people smuggling activity since 1 July 2024.
Answer
Answered by Alex Norris, 27 Oct 2025
The information requested on those identified as being involved in people smuggling activity and on prosecutions is not currently available from published statistics.On returns, in the year ending June 2025, there were 2,330 returns of people who had arri...