Written question asked by John Hayes (Conservative) on Monday, 6 January 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 8 January 2025. It was answered by Angela Eagle (Labour) on Wednesday, 15 January 2025 on behalf of the Home Office.
Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people arriving on small boats died in the English channel in each of the last three years.
- Answer
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A total of 138 people are known to have died since August 2019 as a result of attempting to cross the Channel by small boat.
Almost all of these fatalities have occurred in French territorial waters, and the records of these held by the Home Office are primarily from information shared by the French authorities. The numbers of fatalities known to have occurred in the past three calendar years are as follows:
2022 – 4
2023 – 12
2024 – 78
Secondary information
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- Reference
- 21967
- Session
- 2024-26
- Subjects
- Death Undocumented migrants English Channel
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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- 2025-09-05 21:14:38 +0100
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