Home Office · sex: Female

Small boat arrivals: Female

4 periods to 2026 Q2

5,260people

Small boat arrivals for Female totalled 5,260 people in the 4 periods to 2026 Q2, down 2.8% (151) on the 4 periods before.

  1. Home Office dataset
  2. Data_IER_D01
  3. Method of entry=Small boat arrivals; Sex=Female
  4. column “Number of detections
  5. sum of 85 rows per period
  6. published 27 August 2026

2018 Q1 to 2026 Q2

Small boat arrivals by sex: 2018 Q1 to 2026 Q2ConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour01k2k201820202022202420262018 Q1: 1 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q2: 3 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q3: 2 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q4: 20 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q1: 26 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q2: 65 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q3: 117 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q4: 81 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q1: 38 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q2: 247 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q3: 670 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q4: 128 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q1: 133 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q2: 555 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q3: 1,415 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q4: 876 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q1: 491 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q2: 1,044 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q3: 2,601 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q4: 1,285 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q1: 428 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q2: 1,014 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q3: 1,662 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q4: 444 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q1: 688 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q2: 1,372 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q3: 1,523 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q4: 1,138 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q1: 837 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q2: 1,913 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q3: 2,292 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q4: 1,111 people · published 27 August 20262026 Q1: 629 people · published 27 August 20262026 Q2: 1,228 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 sex as recorded at detection.

Arrivals by other illegal routes or people who arrived undetected; a share of recent arrivals is "Not currently recorded".

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 sex