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<p>The Home Office publishes data on small boat arrivals in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/irregular-migration-to-the-uk-year-ending-december-2021"
target="_blank">Irregular migration to the UK</a>’ release. Data on the number of
small boat arrivals is published in the ‘<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1056630/irregular-migration-to-the-uk-december-2022.ods"
target="_blank">Irregular migration summary tables</a>’, including breakdowns by nationality,
age and sex. The latest data cover the period up to the end of December 2021.</p><p>The
Home Office publishes data on asylum and returns in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release"
target="_blank">Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’.</p><ul><li>Data on
asylum applications and initial decisions on asylum applications are published in
tables Asy_D01 and Asy_D02 of the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets"
target="_blank">asylum and resettlement detailed datasets</a>’.</li><li>Data on appeals
and appeal outcomes are published in tables Asy_D06 and Asy_D07 of the detailed datasets
(available at the above link). For appeals, please note that most, but not all, appeals
will relate to those who have had their claim refused at initial decision; a small
number of appeals relate to cases which received a grant of leave other than asylum.</li><li>Data
on asylum-related returns by type of return (including enforced returns, of which
‘deportations’ are a subset) are published in table Ret_05 in the <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F1054670%2Freturns-summary-dec-2021-tables.ods&data=04%7C01%7CFrancesca.Allerton%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Ca9613dc700664f1b3b5708d9f77fa903%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637812949926457640%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=yECs6rfLB4uhzSIOq6sT49gvwrUvun849us197fzLEE%3D&reserved=0"
target="_blank">returns summary tables</a>. The latest data relate to the year ending
September 2021.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The term 'deportations' refers to a legally-defined
subset of returns, which are enforced either following a criminal conviction, or when
it is judged that a person’s removal from the UK is conducive to the public good.
The published statistics refer to enforced returns which include deportations, as
well as cases where a person has breached UK immigration laws and those removed under
other administrative and illegal entry powers that have declined to leave voluntarily.
Figures on deportations, which are a subset of enforced returns, are not separately
available.</p><p>The Home Office seeks to return people who do not have any legal
right to stay in the UK, which includes people who:</p><ol><li>enter, or attempt to
enter, the UK illegally (including people entering clandestinely and by means of deception
on entry);</li><li>overstay their period of legal right to remain in the UK;</li><li>breach
their conditions of leave;</li><li>are subject to deportation action; for example,
due to a serious criminal conviction, and</li><li>have been refused asylum.</li></ol><p>
</p><p>Asylum-related returns relate to cases where there has been an asylum claim
at some stage prior to the return. This will include asylum seekers whose asylum claims
have been refused, and who have exhausted any rights of appeal, those returned under
third country provisions, as well as those granted asylum/protection, but removed
for other reasons (such as criminality).</p>
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