Home Office · age group: 25 to 39

Small boat arrivals: 25 to 39

4 periods to 2026 Q2

14,341people

Small boat arrivals for 25 to 39 totalled 14,341 people in the 4 periods to 2026 Q2, down 26.2% (5,099) on the 4 periods before.

  1. Home Office dataset
  2. Data_IER_D01
  3. Method of entry=Small boat arrivals; Age Group=25 to 39
  4. column “Number of detections
  5. sum of 77 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: 4 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q2: 1 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q3: 10 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q4: 184 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q1: 118 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q2: 205 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q3: 428 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q4: 293 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q1: 237 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q2: 1,012 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q3: 2,295 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q4: 723 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q1: 659 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q2: 2,106 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q3: 4,967 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q4: 4,561 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q1: 1,984 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q2: 3,499 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q3: 7,819 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q4: 4,940 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q1: 1,528 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q2: 2,901 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q3: 4,947 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q4: 1,801 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q1: 2,305 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q2: 3,221 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q3: 4,842 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q4: 5,098 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q1: 3,210 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q2: 6,290 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q3: 6,221 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q4: 3,133 people · published 27 August 20262026 Q1: 1,836 people · published 27 August 20262026 Q2: 3,151 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