People Smuggling: Internet
2026-05-19 · Home Office · 3186 · Official question
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been convicted of creating or posting material online which promotes small boats crossings or services to facilitate illegal migration.
Answer
The online advertising of unlawful immigration services offence is one of a suite of measures in the Border Security Asylum and Immigration Act 2025 designed to work together to tackle organised immigration crime. The offence seeks to make it harder for v...