Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of the 20,000 individuals who crossed the channel in small boats in order to seek asylum from the beginning of 2022 have been identified as being Albanian citizens.

The Home Office publishes quarterly statistics on irregular migration, including the nationalities of those arriving by small boat on gov.uk.

12,747 people crossed the Channel by small boat in the first six months of this year, and 17% of those were declared as Albanian nationals.

Figures on irregular migration to the UK up to the end of September 2022 will be published on 24 November 2022. Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘Research and statistics calendar’ on gov.uk.