Just 1 per cent of small-boats migrants sent back since 2020
Just one per cent of small boat migrants who have arrives in the UK since 2020 have been returned to their home country, the Home Office’s top official has said.
In a letter to MPs, Home Office permanent secretary Sir Matthew Rycroft said that, since 2020, just 1,182 people who arrived on small boats across the Channel had been sent home. That compares with a total of more than 111,800 who arrived in that time period.
The majority of those returned were – a country with which the UK has a bespoke agreement – while only 420 who
