Irregular Migration: Channel Crossings

Part of Home Department – in the House of Commons at on 18 September 2023.

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Photo of Dan Jarvis Dan Jarvis Shadow Minister (Home Office) (Security)

It is good to be back, Mr Speaker. The number of people arriving on dangerous small boats is now 150 times higher than it was five years ago. Meanwhile, convictions of people smugglers are 30% down. Our border security is not working. The Home Office has already spent £140 million on a flawed Rwanda scheme, but would not taxpayers’ money be better spent recruiting hundreds more police and investigators to defeat the criminal gang networks and prevent the dangerous boat crossings?