PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Undocumented Migrants: English Channel (5 December 2022)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many allegations of assault have been made against asylum seekers who (a) came across the Channel illegally in small boats and (b) arrived in the UK by other means since 1 January 2022.

Asked by:
Lee Anderson (Reform UK)

Answer

If Police suspect they are dealing with a non-settled person, the Police will contact Immigration Enforcement to check a person’s status and a record is made of that on our databases; however this information is not recorded in a way which is reportable


Answered by:
Robert Jenrick (Reform UK)
13 December 2022

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