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Home Office · age group: 18 to 24

Small boat arrivals: 18 to 24

4 periods to 2026 Q2

10,637people

Small boat arrivals for 18 to 24 totalled 10,637 people in the 4 periods to 2026 Q2, down 26.0% (3,744) on the 4 periods before.

  1. Home Office dataset
  2. Data_IER_D01
  3. Method of entry=Small boat arrivals; Age Group=18 to 24
  4. column “Number of detections”
  5. sum of 59 rows per period
  6. published 27 August 2026

2018 Q1 to 2026 Q2

Small boat arrivals by age group: 2018 Q1 to 2026 Q2ConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour02k4k6k201820202022202420262018 Q1: 3 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q3: 5 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q4: 33 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q1: 33 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q2: 67 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q3: 99 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q4: 89 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q1: 122 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q2: 475 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q3: 943 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q4: 386 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q1: 399 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q2: 1,391 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q3: 3,450 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q4: 4,339 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q1: 1,362 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q2: 2,494 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q3: 7,335 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q4: 4,618 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q1: 1,171 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q2: 2,338 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q3: 4,656 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q4: 1,668 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q1: 1,824 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q2: 2,490 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q3: 3,952 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q4: 4,202 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q1: 2,152 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q2: 4,075 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q3: 4,344 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q4: 2,428 people · published 27 August 20262026 Q1: 1,429 people · published 27 August 20262026 Q2: 2,436 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