Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many prosecutions were undertaken of people smugglers in each of the last three years for which data are available.

The Home Office works tirelessly, with other national and international law enforcement authorities, to tackle migrant smuggling gangs who organise and profit from illegal crossings and to bring to justice the ruthless criminals behind them.

We are determined to go after the callous people smugglers who exploit vulnerable people in difficult circumstances and put them in life-threatening situations.