Home Office · age group: 17 and under
Small boat arrivals: 17 and under
4 periods to 2026 Q2
4,993people
Small boat arrivals for 17 and under totalled 4,993 people in the 4 periods to 2026 Q2, down 9.5% (522) on the 4 periods before.
- Home Office dataset
- Data_IER_D01
- Method of entry=Small boat arrivals; Age Group=17 and under
- column “Number of detections”
- sum of 50 rows per period
- published 27 August 2026
2018 Q2 to 2026 Q2
Published valueProvisional or revisedLatestShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a valueWhat 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.