PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Undocumented Migrants: English Channel (5 November 2024)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had recent discussions with her French counterpart on the potential merits of preventing small boats from crossing the Channel by intercepting them mid-journey.

Asked by:
James McMurdock (Independent)

Answer

The Home Secretary is in regular contact with her new French counterpart, Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau, to discuss ongoing cooperation to stop small boat crossings. They met for the first time on 3rd October at the G7 in Italy.


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