questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) people and (b) boats have been prevented from crossing the English Channel by the French authorities since the start of UK payments for this purpose.
answerText: The UK began funding French operations to counter crossings of the Channel by migrants in small boats in January 2019. Since that time, over 5,000 boats carrying more than 115,000 persons have been prevented from crossing.Weekly summary of small boat arri...
heading: Undocumented Migrants: English Channel