Health Secretary Steve Barclay claimed 40% more boats have been stopped this year than last year.
But the government told us that this data refers to individual people prevented from crossing the Channel, not boats as Mr Barclay stated.
The Home Office also confirmed to us that the French authorities intercepted 1,381 boats in 2022. We have asked for comparable figures for 2021, but have not yet seen them. While the number of interceptions increased between 2021 and 2022, the proportion of people stopped from crossing fell slightly: 43% of people who attempted to cross the Channel in small boats were stopped in 2022, compared with approximately 50% the year before,The two countries have being working together to tackle illegal migration for years., an agreement increased the number of patrol officers in northern France by 40%.
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