Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fishing vessels used to smuggle people across the English Channel have been seized by Border Force in each of the last five years.

Border Force seized two fishing vessels in 2024 used to smuggle people across the English Channel.

Across years 2022, 2023 and the year to date in 2025, Border Force has seized zero fishing vessels used to smuggle people across the English Channel.

Data on this topic for years prior to 2022 is not available in an accessible format.