Irregular immigration & cost
Total irregular arrivals, last 7 days
1,484 people
4 October 2026 – 10 October 2026
Overdue · as of 09 Oct 2026overdue by 2d
2d old · Daily, published each afternoon
Explained
Total irregular arrivals, last 7 days: the official figure explained
The latest total irregular arrivals, last 7 days figure from Home Office · small boat activity, with its period, release dates and full source link.
The live figure
Home Office
What it measures
Total irregular arrivals, last 7 days — 1,484 people arrived in 20 boats over 4 October 2026 – 10 October 2026. The figure is published by Home Office · small boat activity and covers 4 October 2026 – 10 October 2026.
How often it is published
Home Office · small boat activity publishes this daily, published each afternoon. UKStats shows the figure exactly as published and never estimates values between releases.
Publisher notes
Small boat detections only, summed from the seven published daily figures. This is the small boat route, not every irregular arrival route; the quarterly illegal-entry total below covers all detected routes.
Methodology
Home Office · small boat activity — original publicationUKStats 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 activity, "Total irregular arrivals, last 7 days", 4 October 2026 – 10 October 2026. Via UKStats (ukstats.co.uk/explained/uk-small-boats-week), accessed 12 October 2026. Original: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/migrants-detected-crossing-the-english-channel-in-small-boatsEmbed this figure
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