Question follow-through · 83507

Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2025 to Question 75431 on Undocumented Migrants: English Channel, how many migrants were (a) exchanged with France and (b) prevented from illegally entering the

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 20 Oct 2025
Target answer date: 22 Oct 2025
Answer: 27 Oct 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

20 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2025 to Question 75431 on Undocumented Migrants: English Channel, how many migrants were (a) exchanged with France and (b) prevented from illegally entering the
22 Oct 2025
Target answer date
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27 Oct 2025
Answer published
As of 20 October 2025, 42 individuals have been returned to France and 23 have been brought to the UK via the new safe and legal route. Between the two dates specified, a total of 9,686 of these dangerous and unnecessary crossing attempts were prevented a...

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