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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 small
boat arrivals by year is published in table Irr_D01 of 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>’ with the latest
data up to the end of June 2023.</p><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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