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Home Office · age group: 40 and over

Small boat arrivals: 40 and over

4 periods to 2026 Q2

2,263 people

Small boat arrivals for 40 and over totalled 2,263 people in the 4 periods to 2026 Q2, down 31.2% (1,027) on the 4 periods before.

  1. Home Office dataset
  2. Data_IER_D01
  3. Method of entry=Small boat arrivals; Age Group=40 and over
  4. column “Number of detections”
  5. sum of 48 rows per period
  6. published 27 August 2026

2018 Q2 to 2026 Q2

Small boat arrivals by age group: 2018 Q2 to 2026 Q2ConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour05001k2k201820202022202420262018 Q2: 1 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q3: 1 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q4: 32 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q1: 17 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q2: 46 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q3: 87 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q4: 53 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q1: 42 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q2: 198 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q3: 463 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q4: 121 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q1: 96 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q2: 336 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q3: 693 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q4: 626 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q1: 364 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q2: 655 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q3: 1,515 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q4: 828 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q1: 343 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q2: 616 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q3: 857 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q4: 322 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q1: 399 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q2: 660 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q3: 799 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q4: 855 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q1: 513 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q2: 1,123 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q3: 1,070 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q4: 407 people · published 27 August 20262026 Q1: 298 people · published 27 August 20262026 Q2: 488 people · published 27 August 2026
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The chart as a table
PeriodSmall boat arrivals by age group
2018 Q21 people
2018 Q31 people
2018 Q432 people
2019 Q117 people
2019 Q246 people
2019 Q387 people
2019 Q453 people
2020 Q142 people
2020 Q2198 people
2020 Q3463 people
2020 Q4121 people
2021 Q196 people
2021 Q2336 people
2021 Q3693 people
2021 Q4626 people
2022 Q1364 people
2022 Q2655 people
2022 Q31,515 people
2022 Q4828 people
2023 Q1343 people
2023 Q2616 people
2023 Q3857 people
2023 Q4322 people
2024 Q1399 people
2024 Q2660 people
2024 Q3799 people
2024 Q4855 people
2025 Q1513 people
2025 Q21,123 people
2025 Q31,070 people
2025 Q4407 people
2026 Q1298 people
2026 Q2488 people

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