UK IMMIGRATION DATA

Border & returns

Detected irregular arrivals, small-boat arrivals, and returns recorded by the Home Office.

Small-boat arrivals are included in detected irregular arrivals. Neither measures the number of people living in the UK without permission. Returns include voluntary departures and are not all deportations.

Detected irregular arrivals

38k

Year ending June 2026
United Kingdom

Prior-year change unavailable

Reported

Data 2026 · Source retrieved 16 Sept 2026

Retrieval confirms when the source was collected, not that the underlying figures describe today.

Home Office

Published 27 Aug 2026 · Retrieved 16 Sept 2026

Source period: 2025-07-01–2026-06-30

Release schedule: Quarterly.

Next release: No confirmed next publication date is recorded here.

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Small-boat arrivals

33k

Year ending June 2026
United Kingdom

Prior-year change unavailable

Reported

Data 2026 · Source retrieved 16 Sept 2026

Retrieval confirms when the source was collected, not that the underlying figures describe today.

Home Office

Published 27 Aug 2026 · Retrieved 16 Sept 2026

Source period: 2025-07-01–2026-06-30

Release schedule: Quarterly.

Next release: No confirmed next publication date is recorded here.

How updates are checked →

Returns from the UK

41k

Year ending June 2026
United Kingdom

Prior-year change unavailable

Reported

Data 2026 · Source retrieved 16 Sept 2026

Retrieval confirms when the source was collected, not that the underlying figures describe today.

Home Office

Published 27 Aug 2026 · Retrieved 16 Sept 2026

Source period: 2025-07-01–2026-06-30

Release schedule: Quarterly.

Next release: No confirmed next publication date is recorded here.

How updates are checked →

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Detected irregular arrivals Small-boat arrivals Returns from the UK