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Home Office · nationality: Afghanistan

Small boat arrivals: Afghanistan

4 periods to 2026 Q2

4,042people

Small boat arrivals for Afghanistan totalled 4,042 people in the 4 periods to 2026 Q2, down 36.7% (2,348) on the 4 periods before.

  1. Home Office dataset
  2. Data_IER_D01
  3. Method of entry=Small boat arrivals; Nationality=Afghanistan
  4. column “Number of detections”
  5. sum of 8 rows per period
  6. published 27 August 2026

2018 Q3 to 2026 Q2

Small boat arrivals by nationality: 2018 Q3 to 2026 Q2ConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour02k4k201820202022202420262018 Q3: 2 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q4: 1 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q2: 10 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q3: 45 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q4: 14 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q1: 13 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q2: 80 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q3: 274 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q4: 127 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q1: 73 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q2: 174 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q3: 609 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q4: 581 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q1: 1,099 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q2: 1,094 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q3: 2,744 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q4: 4,151 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q1: 890 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q2: 1,244 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q3: 2,678 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q4: 699 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q1: 1,021 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q2: 1,002 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q3: 2,240 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q4: 1,802 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q1: 867 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q2: 1,481 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q3: 1,677 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q4: 776 people · published 27 August 20262026 Q1: 595 people · published 27 August 20262026 Q2: 994 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 nationality as recorded at detection.

Arrivals by other illegal routes, people who arrived undetected, or whether the person later claimed asylum.

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 nationality