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Written question asked by Lord Marlesford (Conservative) on Thursday, 21 November 2024, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 5 December 2024. It was answered by Lord Hanson of Flint (Labour) on Thursday, 5 December 2024 on behalf of the Home Office.


Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

Question

To ask His Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the number of people who are in the UK who crossed the Channel into Britain illegally during the last ten years, and applied for and were refused asylum.

Answer

The Home Office publishes statistics on detected small boat arrivals to the UK in the ‘Irregular migration to the UK’ statistics release on gov.uk. Data on asylum applications from small boat arrivals and initial decisions on these applications (including refusals) is published in tables Irr_D02 and Irr_D03 respectively of the ‘Irregular migration to the UK detailed datasets’. The latest data covers January 2018 to June 2024.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL2757
Session
2024-26
Attachment
Irregular Migration
Subjects
Asylum Boats Undocumented migrants English Channel
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk