United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 45147
Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
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11 May 2020
Last action
19 May 2020 · Answer
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19 May 2020
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many migrants have entered the UK in the last 12 months as a result of making an illegal crossing of the English Channel; and how many of those migrants have subsequently left the UK.
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11 May 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many migrants have entered the UK in the last 12 months as a result of making an illegal crossing of the English Channel; and how many of those migrants have subsequently left the UK.
Source: Commons
19 May 2020
Answer
People crossing the Channel to enter the UK have come from a safe country – usually France – and so there is no reason why they need to make this trip in order to claim asylum. Those fleeing persecution should stay in the first safe country they enter.The...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-05-11/45147
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1194623
- uk · wq-1194623 · source updated 19 May 2020