Immigration Controls: Boats

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats have been found carrying (a) drugs and (b) weapons upon arrival in the UK in the last year.

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1. 29 August 2025

   Written question

   To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats have been found carrying (a) drugs and (b) weapons upon arrival in the UK in the last year.

   Source: Commons

2. 4 September 2025

   Answer

   All migrants arriving by small boats are subject to physical searches upon arrival, and clothing is removed and replaced as part of initial reception processing.Some small weapons – for example, knives – have occasionally been seized as a result of those ...

   Source: Written answer

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