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.
Inquiry
Channel crossings, migration and asylum-seeking routes through the EU
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)
Inquiry
Channel crossings, migration and asylum-seeking routes through the EU
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)
Inquiry
Channel crossings, migration and asylum-seeking routes through the EU
Witnesses Chris Philp MP (Minister for Immigration Compliance and the Courts at Home Office), Dan O'Mahoney (Clandestine Channel Threat Commander at Home Office), Abi Tierney (Director General, UK Visas and Immigration at Home Office), and Dan Hobbs (Director, Windrush, Asylum, Immigration and Citizenship at Home Office)