Modern slavery referral outcomes for small boat arrivals: record highs and lows
The extremes of modern slavery referral outcomes for small boat arrivals as published by Home Office, across the 30 periods held here (2018 Q3 to 2025 Q4). Each record is a published figure, not a computed one, and the scope is this series — not “ever”.
Highest published
4,2832022 Q3 — the same figure was published for at least one other period
Lowest published
82018 Q3
The full series
The chart as a table
| Period | Modern slavery referral outcomes for small boat arrivals |
|---|---|
| 2018 Q3 | 8 referrals |
| 2018 Q4 | 11 referrals |
| 2019 Q1 | 14 referrals |
| 2019 Q2 | 54 referrals |
| 2019 Q3 | 150 referrals |
| 2019 Q4 | 62 referrals |
| 2020 Q1 | 46 referrals |
| 2020 Q2 | 469 referrals |
| 2020 Q3 | 1,385 referrals |
| 2020 Q4 | 347 referrals |
| 2021 Q1 | 318 referrals |
| 2021 Q2 | 1,309 referrals |
| 2021 Q3 | 1,837 referrals |
| 2021 Q4 | 1,331 referrals |
| 2022 Q1 | 855 referrals |
| 2022 Q2 | 2,412 referrals |
| 2022 Q3 | 4,283 referrals |
| 2022 Q4 | 1,411 referrals |
| 2023 Q1 | 421 referrals |
| 2023 Q2 | 1,246 referrals |
| 2023 Q3 | 2,337 referrals |
| 2023 Q4 | 679 referrals |
| 2024 Q1 | 1,268 referrals |
| 2024 Q2 | 1,730 referrals |
| 2024 Q3 | 2,147 referrals |
| 2024 Q4 | 2,391 referrals |
| 2025 Q1 | 1,786 referrals |
| 2025 Q2 | 3,707 referrals |
| 2025 Q3 | 4,283 referrals |
| 2025 Q4 | 2,486 referrals |
What a record here is, and is not
A record is the extreme of the periods this site holds for the current series, at each period’s newest published release. Earlier series measured under different methods are not compared against it. Money is in cash terms: a record set years ago stands against the money of its own year.