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<p>The Home Office publishes statistics on small boat arrivals to the UK in the ‘<a
href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/irregular-migration-to-the-uk-statistics"
target="_blank">Irregular migration to the UK statistics</a>’ release. Data on whether
arrivals are still in the UK or have left the UK is not published but some of the
data in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/irregular-migration-detailed-dataset-and-summary-tables#detailed-datasets"
target="_blank">Irregular Migration to the UK detailed datasets</a>’ may provide an
indication of these:</p><ul><li>Data on the number of arrivals is available in table
Irr_D01.</li><li>Data on initial decisions from asylum applications of small boat
arrivals by asylum case outcome is available in table Irr_D03.</li><li>Data on outcomes
from NRM referrals of small boat arrivals by NRM case outcome is available in table
Irr_D05.</li></ul><p>The Home Office also publishes statistics on the number of returns
from the UK in table Ret_D01 of the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/immigration-system-statistics-data-tables#returns"
target="_blank">Returns detailed datasets</a>’, as part of the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release"
target="_blank">Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’. However, this
data includes all returns, not just returns of small boat arrivals.</p><p>Official
statistics published by the Home Office are kept under review in line with the <a
href="https://code.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/" target="_blank">Code of Practice for
Statistics</a>, taking into account a number of factors including user needs, as well
as quality and availability of data.</p>
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