Question follow-through · 4165
Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many migrants attempting to enter the United Kingdom illegally in small boats have died in the English Channel in each of the last five years: how many such fatalities were children; and how many
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 4 Sept 2024
- Target answer date
- 9 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 9 Sept 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
4 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many migrants attempting to enter the United Kingdom illegally in small boats have died in the English Channel in each of the last five years: how many such fatalities were children; and how many
9 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Sept 2024
Answer published
There have been 31 tragedies, since August 2019, where 97 people are confirmed to have died and at least 14 people have been reported as missing at sea, presumed dead, as a result of or linked to attempting these dangerous crossings.Numbers of fatalitiesD...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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