Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
(asked on 15th June 2022) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff does her Department employ specifically to identify people smugglers aiding migrants cross the Channel.
18772:
2021 | Arrests | Convictions |
Jan | 10 | 17 |
Feb | 14 | 5 |
Mar | 15 | 9 |
Apr | 19 | 4 |
May | 28 | 7 |
Jun | 35 | 13 |
Jul | 17 | 1 |
Aug | 6 | 7 |
Sep | 20 | 11 |
Oct | 15 | 6 |
Nov | 16 | 8 |
Dec | 4 | 12 |
Grand Total | 199 | 100 |
2022 | Arrests | Convictions |
Jan | 3 | 5 |
Feb | 4 | 3 |
Mar | 18 | 5 |
Apr | 13 | 1 |
May | 10 | 2 |
Grand Total | 48 | 16 |
18773:
Criminal & Financial Investigation teams currently have 74 live people smuggling cases that are considered ‘Post Charge’. These are cases where charging of suspect(s) has been agreed by the CPS. These will be at various stages of the court process, ranging from being warned for court, to a trial being underway and to trial concluded, but awaiting sentencing.
18774:
Immigration Enforcement have 550 funded FTE for Criminal & Financial Investigation teams to tackle immigration crime.
18775:
Year | Convictions |
12th Dec 2019 Onwards | 3 |
2020 | 147 |
2021 | 100 |
2022 YTD | 16 |
Grand Total | 266 |
The 2022 total year to date only takes into account prosecutions until the end of May, which makes the number appear artificially low. There are still cases ongoing and the numbers of convictions is expected to increase.