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Home Office · nationality: Iraq

Small boat arrivals: Iraq

4 periods to 2026 Q2

1,336people

Small boat arrivals for Iraq totalled 1,336 people in the 4 periods to 2026 Q2, down 31.0% (600) on the 4 periods before.

  1. Home Office dataset
  2. Data_IER_D01
  3. Method of entry=Small boat arrivals; Nationality=Iraq
  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 Q2ConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour01k2k3k201820202022202420262018 Q3: 4 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q4: 29 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q1: 70 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q2: 150 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q3: 155 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q4: 96 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q1: 117 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q2: 591 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q3: 791 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q4: 149 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q1: 243 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q2: 626 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q3: 1,850 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q4: 3,398 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q1: 679 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q2: 1,012 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q3: 1,514 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q4: 1,369 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q1: 349 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q2: 637 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q3: 1,045 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q4: 505 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q1: 377 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q2: 612 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q3: 705 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q4: 448 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q1: 232 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q2: 551 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q3: 551 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q4: 372 people · published 27 August 20262026 Q1: 190 people · published 27 August 20262026 Q2: 223 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