Question follow-through · 900974
Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of small boat arrivals were removed in 2025.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 7 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 13 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 13 Jul 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
7 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of small boat arrivals were removed in 2025.
13 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Jul 2026
Answer published
Around 7% of individuals removed or returned in the year ending March 2026 had arrived in the UK via small boat. We are targeting those behind these unacceptable crossings, with Organised Immigration Crime arrests up 55%, wider disruptions to criminal smu...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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