Committees

Channel crossings, migration and asylum-seeking routes through the EU

Inquiry

This inquiry will examine the reasons behind the growth in migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats. It will look at the role of criminal gangs in facilitating the growth of this form of illegal immigration and the response of UK and French authorities to combat illegal migration and support legal routes to asylum.

Read the call for evidence for more detail about the inquiry. 

 

Reports, special reports and government responses

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First Report - Channel crossings, migration and asylum
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Response to this report
Fourth Special Report - Channel crossings, migration and asylum: Government Response to the Committee’s First Report
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Correspondence

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Letter from the Minister for Justice and Tackling Migration following his appearance before the Committee on 17 November 2021, dated 4 January
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Letter from Minister for Justice and Tackling Illegal Migration on private briefing on channel crossings, dated 10 November 2021
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Letter from the Director General, UK Visas and Immigration, Home Office relating to channel crossings, dated 18 January 2021
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Oral evidence transcripts

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16 September 2020
Inquiry Channel crossings, migration and asylum-seeking routes through the EU
Witnesses Beth Gardiner-Smith (Chief Executive Officer at Safe Passage UK), and Maddy Allen (Advocacy Manager at Help Refugees)
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17 November 2021
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Witnesses Tom Pursglove (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at Home Office), Dan Hobbs (Director, Asylum, Protection and Enforcement at Home Office), and Dan O'Mahoney (Clandestine Channel Threat Commander at Home Office)
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7 October 2020
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Witnesses A, Mohammad, N, Sam Rahimi, Antonia Cohen (Volunteer Adviser at Refugee Council), Seb Klier (Parliamentary Manager at Refugee Council), and Anne Stoltenberg (Project Development Worker at Migrant Voice)
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Written evidence

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Da'aro Youth Project (CHA0066)
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Government of Australia (CHA0061)
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Dr Peter Walsh (Researcher at Migration Observatory) (CHA0064)
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