questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information his Department holds on the number of people who attempted to enter the UK on small boats who were (a) intercepted by French authorities and (b) returned to France in (i) 2022 and (ii) 2023.
answerText: The French authorities provide the Home Office with regular operational updates, including estimates of the number of people who have been prevented from crossing to the UK.Home Office records show that in 2022, around 33,000 crossing attempts (defined as...
heading: Undocumented Migrants: English Channel