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Home Office · nationality: Refugee

Small boat arrivals: Refugee

4 periods to 2026 Q2

441people

Small boat arrivals for Refugee totalled 441 people in the 4 periods to 2026 Q2, down 67.4% (910) on the 4 periods before.

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

2019 Q3 to 2026 Q2

Small boat arrivals by nationality: 2019 Q3 to 2026 Q2ConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour020040060020202022202420262019 Q3: 6 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q4: 1 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q2: 43 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q3: 48 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q4: 8 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q1: 6 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q2: 12 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q3: 24 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q1: 17 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q2: 27 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q3: 1 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q1: 16 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q3: 4 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q4: 2 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q1: 53 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q2: 181 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q3: 242 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q4: 221 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q1: 236 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q2: 652 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q3: 252 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q4: 116 people · published 27 August 20262026 Q1: 48 people · published 27 August 20262026 Q2: 25 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