Migration analysis

UK immigration and Channel crossings, in full.

Every published figure on the system — sea state against daily arrivals, how people actually entered, what the asylum system decides, where they live, what it costs, and who profits — drawn from Home Office, Copernicus, Frontex, Eurostat and NCA sources.

21 August 2026 January 2018 – August 2026 Public sources throughout
187,779
arrived by small boat, 2018 to 2025
60%
granted protection at first decision
4.5%
returned from the UK
48,758
awaiting an initial decision at 31 Mar 2026
Arrivals
Who arrives, from where, and how they entered
18 panels
The crossing
Sea state, timing, boat capability and the supply chain
19 panels
Decisions
What the asylum system decides, and who can be returned
18 panels
Accommodation
Where people are housed and what it costs
26 panels
Work and routes
Illegal working, sponsors and the legal routes
36 panels
Europe
The European picture and the corridors that feed it
11 panels
Detail
Every remaining table and series
0 panels
Every figure is drawn from a published source, cited on the panel it appears in. The four figures above are computed from the same data the charts are drawn from, so they cannot drift from them. The stylesheet, render code and data are shared across these pages, so only the first one you open pays the download cost.