Home Office · nrm case outcome group: Conclusive grounds decision
Modern slavery referral outcomes for small boat arrivals: Conclusive grounds decision
4 periods to 2025 Q4
3,724 referrals
Modern slavery referral outcomes for small boat arrivals for Conclusive grounds decision totalled 3,724 referrals in the 4 periods to 2025 Q4, up 87.1% (1,734) on the 4 periods before.
- Home Office dataset
- Data_IER_D05
- all rows; NRM Case Outcome Group=Conclusive grounds decision
- column “Referrals”
- sum of 111 rows per period
- published 27 August 2026
2018 Q3 to 2025 Q4
The chart as a table
| Period | Modern slavery referral outcomes for small boat arrivals by outcome |
|---|---|
| 2018 Q3 | 3 referrals |
| 2018 Q4 | 4 referrals |
| 2019 Q1 | 5 referrals |
| 2019 Q2 | 18 referrals |
| 2019 Q3 | 63 referrals |
| 2019 Q4 | 22 referrals |
| 2020 Q1 | 17 referrals |
| 2020 Q2 | 182 referrals |
| 2020 Q3 | 540 referrals |
| 2020 Q4 | 120 referrals |
| 2021 Q1 | 108 referrals |
| 2021 Q2 | 414 referrals |
| 2021 Q3 | 532 referrals |
| 2021 Q4 | 388 referrals |
| 2022 Q1 | 295 referrals |
| 2022 Q2 | 796 referrals |
| 2022 Q3 | 1,118 referrals |
| 2022 Q4 | 290 referrals |
| 2023 Q1 | 94 referrals |
| 2023 Q2 | 361 referrals |
| 2023 Q3 | 692 referrals |
| 2023 Q4 | 197 referrals |
| 2024 Q1 | 356 referrals |
| 2024 Q2 | 455 referrals |
| 2024 Q3 | 596 referrals |
| 2024 Q4 | 583 referrals |
| 2025 Q1 | 496 referrals |
| 2025 Q2 | 1,162 referrals |
| 2025 Q3 | 1,353 referrals |
| 2025 Q4 | 713 referrals |
What this measures
The outcomes of National Referral Mechanism referrals for modern slavery raised for people who arrived by small boat, split by outcome group — reasonable grounds decision, conclusive grounds decision, withdrawn or closed, or awaiting a decision — counted in the quarter the person arrived.
Whether a reasonable or conclusive grounds decision was positive or negative, or outcomes for referrals unconnected to small boat arrivals.
Source
- Dataset
- Immigration system statistics: small boat arrivals, asylum claims and NRM referrals datasets
- Release
- Year ending June 2026, published 27 August 2026 · sha256 72071ed0ce3777a2…
- All values
- Modern slavery referral outcomes for small boat arrivals by nrm case outcome group