A question on #UndocumentedMigrants #EnglishChannel tabled by Matthew Patrick on 24-03-2025 has been answered by Dame Angela Eagle.

Heading: Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
Question ID: 1788059
UIN: 40901
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-03-24
Asking Member ID: 5162
Asking Member display name: Matthew Patrick
Asking Member handle: Matthew_Patrick
Asking Member Twitter reference: @Matthew_Patrick
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions a small boat was recorded as entering UK waters with more than (a) 50, (b) 60, (c) 70 and (d) 80 people on board in (i) 2021-22, (ii) 2022-23, (iii) 2023-24 and (iv) 2024-25.
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Date answered: 2025-03-31
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Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 491
Answering Member display name: Dame Angela Eagle
Answering Member handle: angelaeagle
Answering Member Twitter reference: @angelaeagle
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Answer text: The Home Office has interpreted the question to mean boats carrying a) 51 – 60 people; b) 61 – 70 people, and so on. The Home Office does not record this information in terms of boats ‘entering UK waters’ but as numbers of people who arrived in the UK for...
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Answering body ID: 1
Answering body name: Home Office
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