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<ol><li>Information regarding migrants crossing the English Channel was provided to
the Home Affairs Select Committee on 5 March 2019 which gave the number of migrants
detected entering the UK by small boats from January 2018 to February 2019 as 428.</li></ol><p><br>
On 22 July 2019 the then Home Secretary Sajid Javid provided an additional figure
to Home Affairs Select Committee that up to 21 July 2019 725 migrants had crossed
the English Channel.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office does not routinely publish breakdowns
of asylum claims by method of arrival or type of claim.</p><p>In its quarterly Immigration
Statistics, published on 28 November 2019 the Home Office published data regarding
the number of asylum applications made. The total number of adults claiming asylum
since 2015 to year ending September 2019 is given as 136,995</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
</p><ol start="2"><li>Information regarding migrants crossing the English Channel
was provided to the Home Affairs Select Committee on 5 March 2019 which gave the number
of migrants detected entering the UK by small boats from January 2018 to February
2019 as 428.</li></ol><p><br> On 22 July 2019 the then Home Secretary Sajid Javid
provided an additional figure to Home Affairs Select Committee that up to 21 July
2019 725 migrants had crossed the English Channel.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office does
not routinely publish breakdowns of asylum claims by method of arrival or type of
claim.</p><p> </p><p>In its quarterly Immigration Statistics, published on 28 November
2019 the Home Office published data regarding the number of asylum application made.
The total number of unaccompanied minors claiming asylum since 2015 to year ending
September 2019 is given as 15,554. The total number of accompanied minors claiming
asylum since 2015 to year ending September 2019 is given as 16,886.</p>
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