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Written question asked by John Hayes (Conservative) on Monday, 18 September 2023, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 16 October 2023. It was answered by Robert Jenrick (Conservative) on Friday, 20 October 2023 on behalf of the Home Office.


Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of people who entered the UK illegally on a small boat were men aged between 18 and 40 in (a) 2022 and (b) 2023.

Answer

The Home Office publishes statistics on small boat arrivals to the UK in the ‘Irregular migration to the UK statistics’ release. Data on small boat arrivals is published in table Irr_D01 of the ‘Irregular migration to the UK detailed datasets’, where the data can be broken down by year, sex and age group. The latest data goes up to the end of June 2023.

Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. Data up to the end of September 2023 will be published on 23 November 2023.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
199864
Session
2022-23
Subjects
Undocumented migrants Men English Channel
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk