Question follow-through · 59454

Undocumented Migrants: Offenders

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2025 to Question 54430 on Undocumented Migrants: English Channel, how many and what proportion of people arriving by small boat undergo further checks on criminality.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
12 Jun 2025
Target answer date
16 Jun 2025
Answer
20 Jun 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 12 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2025 to Question 54430 on Undocumented Migrants: English Channel, how many and what proportion of people arriving by small boat undergo further checks on criminality.

  2. 16 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 20 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    The Home Office conducts mandatory identity and security checks on all small boat arrivals. In line with the Refugee Convention, we will deny the benefits of protection status to those who commit particularly serious crimes and are a danger to the communi...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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