People Smuggling: English Channel

(asked on 22nd October 2024) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many prosecutions of individuals accused of smuggling migrants across the English Channel in small boatsĀ have taken place in the past three years.


Answered by
Lord Hanson of Flint Portrait
Lord Hanson of Flint
Minister of State (Home Office)
This question was answered on 5th November 2024

From January 2022 to 23 October 2024 Home Office Immigration Enforcement convicted 188 individuals identified as small boat pilots and four individuals for their involvement in an organised crime gangs linked to small boat criminality.

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