Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
(asked on 13th December 2023) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what evidence there is that the penalties imposed on illegal migrants deter future illegal crossings of the English Channel.
This question was answered on 12th January 2024
Through legislation, such as the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 and the Illegal Migration Act 2023, we have introduced a range of measures which aim to deter those who seek to enter the UK illegally.
We set out the evidence covering this in the published Impact Assessment for the Illegal Migration Act: (Impact Assessment (publishing.service.gov.uk)).