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Small boat arrivals: Somalia: the official figure explained

The latest small boat arrivals: somalia figure from Home Office, with its period, release dates and full source link.

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Small boat arrivals: Somalia

Derived
Home Office
3,901

Year ending June 2026

  • Eritrea 5,875 · 17.6%
  • Sudan 4,191 · 12.6%
  • Afghanistan 4,042 · 12.1%
  • Somalia 3,901 · 11.7%
  • Iran 3,657 · 11.0%
  • Ethiopia 1,364 · 4.1%
  • Iraq 1,336 · 4.0%
  • Syria 1,003 · 3.0%
  • Turkey 783 · 2.3%
  • Vietnam 723 · 2.2%
  • Yemen 517 · 1.5%
  • India 471 · 1.4%
  • Refugee 441 · 1.3%
  • Stateless 425 · 1.3%
  • Palestine 368 · 1.1%
  • Egypt 354 · 1.1%
  • South Sudan 346 · 1.0%
  • Georgia 308 · 0.9%
  • Sri Lanka 290 · 0.9%
  • Kuwait 258 · 0.8%
  • All other nationalities 1,581 · 4.7%
  • Not currently recorded 1,140 · 3.4%
Overdue · as of 27 Aug 2026due in 45d

46d old · Quarterly, with the immigration system statistics release

Covers: Year ending June 2026, small boat arrivals only

Explained

What it measures

Small boat arrivals: Somalia — 11.7% of the published total. The figure is published by Home Office and covers Year ending June 2026.

How often it is published

Home Office publishes this quarterly, with the immigration system statistics release. UKStats shows the figure exactly as published and never estimates values between releases.

Publisher notes

Reproduced from Home Office table IER_02b, "Small boat arrivals, by nationality". Nationality is the only origin characteristic the Home Office publishes for this route; it is not a measure of religion or ethnicity. Shares are calculated from the published counts in the same column.

How UKStats derives it

Share calculated from the published counts in table IER_02b

Methodology

Home Office — original publication

UKStats reproduces the published figure exactly; the publisher's own methodology notes are the authoritative description of how it is compiled.

Cite this figure

Home Office, "Small boat arrivals: Somalia", Year ending June 2026. Via UKStats (ukstats.co.uk/explained/uk-boats-nat-somalia), accessed 12 October 2026. Original: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/immigration-system-statistics-data-tables#illegal-entry-routes

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