Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
Commons · Question 100641 · Tabled 16 Dec 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Marie Goldman
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department has reviewed the suitability of resources, including trained personnel and appropriate equipment, used by UK Border Force when searching for and rescuing migrants in the English Chan
Answer
Answered by Mike Tapp, 22 Dec 2025
The operational response to these dangerous, illegal, and unnecessary crossings of the Channel by migrants in small boats is led by Border Security Command’s Maritime and Small Boat Operations. The personnel and equipment needs for that command are kept u...