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<p>We do not routinely publish the information you have requested, we are unable to
provide this information, as it could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p>The number of migrants arriving in the UK crossing the Channel by small
boats for the months of January to March 2020 is approx. 450. These are provisional
figures based on operational management information. The figures for April and May
have not passed through a data quality check and cannot be assured. The final figures
for all months will be published at a later date, once they have been verified and
fully quality assured.</p><p> </p><p>The UK continues to work closely with France
and other countries to return migrants who have entered the UK by small boat in order
to provide a strong deterrent against these dangerous crossings.</p><p> </p><p>Since
January 2019, over 155 people who entered the UK illegally on small boats have been
returned to Europe. However, as a result of COVID-19 the vast majority of EU member
states have temporarily paused accepting returns under the Dublin Regulations, but
we are tracking those individuals and where appropriate will seek to return them when
routes are available</p><p> </p><p>It is the policy of this Government to return those
not in need of protection.</p><p>The majority of countries who are signatories to
the Dublin Regulations which governs the return of those seeking asylum in the UK
to a third country have announced temporary suspension of transfers to and from all
EU Member States due to the Corona virus.</p><p>Returns to third-countries can still
take place where there is a suitable route of return.</p><p> </p><p>We are ready to
resume Dublin returns as soon as travel restrictions are lifted</p><p> </p><p>The
Home Office publishes data on the number of asylum seekers transferred under the Dublin
regulation in the ‘Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release’ (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release).
Data on the number of asylum seekers transferred out of the UK under the Dublin Regulation,
broken down by the EU member state they have been transferred to are published in
tables Dub_D01 of the asylum and resettlement detailed datasets (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets).
Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook.
The latest data relates to the year ending December 2019.</p><p> </p><p>Please note,
that we do not publish the breakdowns of the nationality of those being transferred
under the Dublin regulation.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, the Home Office publishes
a high-level overview of the data in the ‘summary tables’ (attached). The ‘contents’
sheet contains an overview of all available data on asylum and resettlement.</p><p>
</p><p>Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in
the ‘Research and statistics calendar’ (https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?keywords=immigration&content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&organisations%5B%5D=home-office&order=relevance).</p><p>Full
guidance on Dublin III Regulation was published on 30/04/2020 and can be found via
the link below:</p><p>https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/882400/Dublin-III-regulation-v3.0ext.pdf</p>
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