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<p>The Home Office publishes data on small boat arrivals and subsequent asylum claims
in the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/irregular-migration-to-the-uk-statistics"
target="_blank">Irregular Migration to the UK</a> quarterly report. Data on small
boat arrivals by month are published in table Irr_02a of the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1098899/irregular-migration-to-the-UK-data-tables-year-ending-june-2022.ods"
target="_blank">Irregular migration to the UK data tables</a>. Data on asylum claims
from arrivals are published in section 4 of the most recent <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/irregular-migration-to-the-uk-year-ending-june-2022/irregular-migration-to-the-uk-year-ending-june-2022"
target="_blank">Irregular migration to the UK</a> release. The latest data go up to
the end of June 2022.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics on small boats include individuals
who were detected on arrival to the UK, detected in the Channel and subsequently brought
to the UK, and those encountered in the UK who were suspected of having arrived on
a small boat. They do not include any persons who arrived on larger vessels (such
as on a ferry), those prevented from departing France or intercepted by French authorities
and returned to France, or those who arrived in the UK undetected.</p>
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