Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

(asked on 14th October 2025) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish a list of all the instances between 4 July 2024 and 14 October 2025 when 100 or more migrants have crossed the Channel in a single small boat, including (a) the date of the crossing, (b) the number of migrants on board and (c) the approximate dimensions of the boat.


Answered by
Alex Norris Portrait
Alex Norris
Minister of State (Home Office)
This question was answered on 22nd October 2025

There have been 5 occasions over this period where over 100 migrants have crossed the Channel in a single small boat. These are listed below.

Date

Number of persons onboard

13/08/2025

106

19/09/2025

102

19/09/2025

106

27/09/2025

125

08/10/2025

101

Information about the dimensions of boats is operationally sensitive, and its release could prejudice the interests of law enforcement.

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