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Home Office · age group: 40 and over

Small boat arrivals: 40 and over

4 periods to 2026 Q2

2,263people

Small boat arrivals for 40 and over totalled 2,263 people in the 4 periods to 2026 Q2, down 31.2% (1,027) on the 4 periods before.

  1. Home Office dataset
  2. Data_IER_D01
  3. Method of entry=Small boat arrivals; Age Group=40 and over
  4. column “Number of detections”
  5. sum of 48 rows per period
  6. published 27 August 2026

2018 Q2 to 2026 Q2

Small boat arrivals by age group: 2018 Q2 to 2026 Q2ConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour05001k2k201820202022202420262018 Q2: 1 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q3: 1 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q4: 32 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q1: 17 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q2: 46 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q3: 87 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q4: 53 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q1: 42 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q2: 198 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q3: 463 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q4: 121 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q1: 96 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q2: 336 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q3: 693 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q4: 626 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q1: 364 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q2: 655 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q3: 1,515 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q4: 828 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q1: 343 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q2: 616 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q3: 857 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q4: 322 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q1: 399 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q2: 660 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q3: 799 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q4: 855 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q1: 513 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q2: 1,123 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q3: 1,070 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q4: 407 people · published 27 August 20262026 Q1: 298 people · published 27 August 20262026 Q2: 488 people · published 27 August 2026
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What this measures

The number of people detected arriving in the UK by small boat across the Channel in each quarter, split by age group as recorded at detection.

Ages established by later age assessment, arrivals by other illegal routes, or people who arrived undetected.

Source

Dataset
Immigration system statistics: illegal entry routes detailed dataset
Release
Year ending June 2026, published 27 August 2026 · sha256 72071ed0ce3777a2…
All values
Small boat arrivals by age group