Question follow-through · 121986

Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the number of small boat migrants that have re-entered the UK in 2026 that have previously been removed from the country.

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 18 Mar 2026
Target answer date: 25 Mar 2026
Answer: 25 Mar 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

18 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the number of small boat migrants that have re-entered the UK in 2026 that have previously been removed from the country.
25 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
25 Mar 2026
Answer published
The Home Office will publish statistics on returns from the UK up to March 2026 on 21 May 2026. Official statistics published by the Home Office are kept under review in line with the code of practice for statistics, taking into account several factors in...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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