{"metric":"small_boat_asylum_decisions","title":"Initial decisions on asylum claims from small boat arrivals","topic":"migration","unit":"decisions","measure_type":"count","geography":"K02000001","comparison_method":"same_quarter_previous_year","latest":{"period_start":"2025-10-01","period_end":"2025-12-31","period_label":"2025 Q4","value":6908,"status":"provisional","vintage":"2026-08-27"},"comparison":{"period_label":"2024 Q4","value":11203,"vintage":"2026-08-27"},"source":{"publisher":"Home Office","publication":"Immigration system statistics: small boat arrivals, asylum claims and NRM referrals datasets","landing_url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/immigration-system-statistics-data-tables","sheet":"Data_IER_D03","table":"IER_D03","row":"all rows","column":"Outcomes","raw_value":"sum of 702 rows","file_url":"https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a85c41d3d82f78d5c514551/illegal-entry-routes-to-the-uk-dataset-jun-2026.xlsx","file_sha256":"72071ed0ce3777a2cbad25672b76ca49a526e5eeb35e7cabb3a3a67e4d9157d0","release_date":"2026-08-27","release_label":"Year ending June 2026"},"definition":"The outcomes to date of asylum claims made by people who arrived by small boat, counted in the quarter the person arrived — a cohort table, so each quarter's figure is the number of claims from that quarter's arrivals.\n","does_not_measure":"Final outcomes after appeal, or decisions made in that quarter. Outcomes are restated at every release as claims resolve, so recent quarters show many claims still awaiting a decision.\n","links":{"page":"/migration/small-boat-asylum-decisions","series":"/api/metrics/small_boat_asylum_decisions/series","vintages":"/api/metrics/small_boat_asylum_decisions/vintages"}}