Question follow-through · 100641

Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department has reviewed the suitability of resources, including trained personnel and appropriate equipment, used by UK Border Force when searching for and rescuing migrants in the English Chan

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 16 Dec 2025
Target answer date: 18 Dec 2025
Answer: 22 Dec 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Votes on this topic

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

16 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department has reviewed the suitability of resources, including trained personnel and appropriate equipment, used by UK Border Force when searching for and rescuing migrants in the English Chan
18 Dec 2025
Target answer date
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22 Dec 2025
Answer published
The operational response to these dangerous, illegal, and unnecessary crossings of the Channel by migrants in small boats is led by Border Security Command’s Maritime and Small Boat Operations. The personnel and equipment needs for that command are kept u...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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