Small boat crossings, every day since 2018
Every day of official Home Office small boat arrival figures since 1 January 2018, with yearly totals, totals under each Prime Minister and a free CSV download.
Source: Home Office · Migrants detected crossing the English Channel in small boats – time series. Provisional UK and French operational data, subject to revision by the Home Office. Updated weekly; daily figures for the latest week are on the main register.
People arrived since 1 Jan 2018
213,545
Latest day in the series
15 Oct 2026
Published by the Home Office
16 Oct 2026
People arriving each month
2018 JAN – 2026 OCT · 106 published observations · people
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The latest month runs only to 15 Oct 2026.
Under each Prime Minister
Totals of the official daily figures for each term. The handover day counts for the incoming Prime Minister. Term dates from GOV.UK. No cost figures are shown, because no official cost per crossing is published.
| Prime Minister | Days | People | Boats | People a day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theresa MayCounted from 1 Jan 2018, when the series starts | 569 | 1,051 | 106 | 1.8 |
| Boris Johnson | 1,140 | 65,676 | 2,481 | 57.6 |
| Liz Truss | 49 | 10,532 | 232 | 214.9 |
| Rishi Sunak | 619 | 50,637 | 1,047 | 81.8 |
| Keir Starmer | 745 | 77,183 | 1,285 | 103.6 |
| Andy BurnhamCounted to 15 Oct 2026, the latest published day | 88 | 8,466 | 115 | 96.2 |
Each year
| Year | People | Boats | Days covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 299 | 43 | 365 |
| 2019 | 1,843 | 164 | 365 |
| 2020 | 8,462 | 641 | 366 |
| 2021 | 28,526 | 1,034 | 365 |
| 2022 | 45,755 | 1,110 | 365 |
| 2023 | 29,437 | 602 | 365 |
| 2024 | 36,816 | 695 | 366 |
| 2025 | 41,472 | 672 | 365 |
| 2026 | 20,935 | 305 | 288 |
Last 30 days in the series
| Date | People | Boats |
|---|---|---|
| 15 Oct 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 Oct 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 Oct 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 Oct 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 Oct 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 Oct 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 Oct 2026 | 119 | 2 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | 338 | 5 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 609 | 8 |
| 4 Oct 2026 | 418 | 5 |
| 3 Oct 2026 | 164 | 2 |
| 2 Oct 2026 | 91 | 1 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 Sep 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 Sep 2026 | 61 | 1 |
| 28 Sep 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 Sep 2026 | 526 | 7 |
| 26 Sep 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 Sep 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 44 | 1 |
| 23 Sep 2026 | 781 | 10 |
| 22 Sep 2026 | 154 | 3 |
| 21 Sep 2026 | 150 | 3 |
| 20 Sep 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 Sep 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 Sep 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 Sep 2026 | 0 | 0 |