Question follow-through · 100926

Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of current deterrence measures aimed at reducing illegal Channel crossings; and what further steps she plans to take to prevent small-boat arri

answeredHome Office

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 17 Dec 2025
Target answer date: 5 Jan 2026
Answer: 7 Jan 2026 · 21 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

17 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of current deterrence measures aimed at reducing illegal Channel crossings; and what further steps she plans to take to prevent small-boat arri
5 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Jan 2026
Answer published
The Government has taken significant steps to address illegal migration and its Plan for Change sets out our ambition to secure borders and control immigration. We are committed to tackling illegal migration and the criminal networks which facilitate it. ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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