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Home Office · nationality: Iran

Small boat arrivals: Iran

4 periods to 2026 Q2

3,657people

Small boat arrivals for Iran totalled 3,657 people in the 4 periods to 2026 Q2, down 15.3% (662) on the 4 periods before.

  1. Home Office dataset
  2. Data_IER_D01
  3. Method of entry=Small boat arrivals; Nationality=Iran
  4. column “Number of detections”
  5. sum of 8 rows per period
  6. published 27 August 2026

2018 Q3 to 2026 Q2

Small boat arrivals by nationality: 2018 Q3 to 2026 Q2ConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour01k2k3k201820202022202420262018 Q3: 5 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q4: 233 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q1: 129 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q2: 221 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q3: 492 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q4: 371 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q1: 271 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q2: 648 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q3: 950 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q4: 504 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q1: 357 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q2: 881 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q3: 3,108 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q4: 3,973 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q1: 728 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q2: 1,124 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q3: 1,929 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q4: 2,060 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q1: 529 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q2: 777 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q3: 1,329 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q4: 947 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q1: 620 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q2: 960 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q3: 1,410 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q4: 1,224 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q1: 510 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q2: 1,175 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q3: 1,880 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q4: 940 people · published 27 August 20262026 Q1: 400 people · published 27 August 20262026 Q2: 437 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 nationality as recorded at detection.

Arrivals by other illegal routes, people who arrived undetected, or whether the person later claimed asylum.

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 nationality