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Small boat arrivals during the Labour 2024– government

2023 → Year ending June 2026 · 4 periods

↑ 13.4%+3,937 people

Small boat arrivals rose by 13.4% over the period, from 29,437 people (2023, the level when the government took office) to 33,374 (Year ending June 2026, the latest available).

  1. Inherited level 2023: 29,437
  2. Latest Year ending June 2026: 33,374
  3. method: latest complete period before start / before end

Changes during this period do not by themselves show what the government caused. Statistics reflect many influences, including earlier decisions, the economy and how the data is collected.

Small boat arrivals: 2018 to Year ending June 2026ConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour020k40k201820202022202420262018: 299 people · published 27 August 20262019: 1,843 people · published 27 August 20262020: 8,466 people · published 27 August 20262021: 28,526 people · published 27 August 20262022: 45,774 people · published 27 August 20262023: 29,437 people · published 27 August 2026Year ending June 2025: 43,309 people · published 27 August 2026Year ending June 2026: 33,374 people · published 27 August 2026
Published valueProvisional or revisedLatestOne point a year is drawn; the source publishes overlapping year-ending figures, and every one is in the history table and CSVShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value

Definition and caveats

The number of people detected arriving in the UK by small boat across the English Channel in a 12-month period, as finalised in the quarterly Immigration system statistics.

Doesn’t measure: People who crossed undetected, people prevented from crossing by French authorities, or arrivals by other irregular routes such as concealed in vehicles or with inadequate documents.