Written question asked by Lee Anderson (Reform UK) on Friday, 29 August 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 2 September 2025. It was answered by Angela Eagle (Labour) on Thursday, 4 September 2025 on behalf of the Home Office.
Immigration Controls: Boats
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats have been found carrying (a) drugs and (b) weapons upon arrival in the UK in the last year.
- Answer
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All migrants arriving by small boats are subject to physical searches upon arrival, and clothing is removed and replaced as part of initial reception processing.
Some small weapons – for example, knives – have occasionally been seized as a result of those searches over the past seven years, but we have no record of any attempts to struggle illicit drugs into the UK via this route or any firearms.
Secondary information
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- Written question
- Reference
- 71054
- Session
- 2024-26
- Related items
- Grouped for answer
- Yes
- Subjects
- Boats Immigration controls Drugs Undocumented migrants Weapons
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