Statistics relating to the Illegal Migration Bill

Published: 24 April 2023

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Migrants detected crossing the English Channel in small boats
Migrants detected crossing the English Channel in small boats, by nationality
Asylum applications awaiting an initial decision
Asylum seekers in receipt of support
Enforcement Visits (including Illegal Working Visits) and outcomes
Returns, by type of return and nationality (Albanian and other nationalities)
Asylum decision makers
Period covered
2018 Q1 to 2023 Q1
2023 Q1
As at 31 March 2011 to 31 March 2023
As at 31 March 2023
2019 Q1 to 2023 Q1
2019 Q2 to 2023 Q1
As at 1 August 2019 to 1 March 2023
Next planned update
(Migrants detected crossing the English Channel in small boats)
(Irregular Migration to the UK)
(Immigration System Statistics)
(Immigration System Statistics)
No planned update
(Immigration System Statistics)
(Migration Transparency data)
Migrants detected crossing the English Channel in small boats, 2018 Q1 to 2023 Q1
Quarter Small boat arrivals
2018 Q1 7
2018 Q2 4
2018 Q3 17
2018 Q4 271
2019 Q1 199
2019 Q2 393
2019 Q3 747
2019 Q4 504
2020 Q1 465
2020 Q2 2,028
2020 Q3 4,529
2020 Q4 1,444
2021 Q1 1,363
2021 Q2 4,554
2021 Q3 11,167
2021 Q4 11,442
2022 Q1 4,548
2022 Q2 8,199
2022 Q3 20,282
2022 Q4 12,726
2023 Q1 3,793
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Notes
Irregular migration to the UK
Migrants detected crossing the English Channel in small boats
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Migrants detected crossing the English Channel in small boats, by nationality, 2023 Q1
Nationality Number of people
Afghanistan 909
India 675
Iran, Islamic Republic of 524
Iraq 345
Syrian Arab Republic 286
Eritrea 232
Egypt 177
Sudan 144
Turkey 130
Vietnam 72
Kuwait 40
Georgia 37
Albania 29
Libya 28
Sri Lanka 27
Israel 20
Pakistan 18
South Sudan 13
Ethiopia 12
Chad 10
Tunisia 8
Kuwait Bedouin 7
Niger 6
Morocco 5
Yemen 5
Other nationalities 34
Total 3,793
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Notes
Irregular migration to the UK
2. Nationalities with fewer than 5 arrivals have been grouped into 'Other nationalities'.
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ty, 2023 Q1
Asylum applications awaiting an initial decision, as at 31 March 2011 to 31 March 2023
As at... Legacy backlog Flow backlog Total asylum backlog
31 March 2011 5,957 N/A 5,957
31 March 2012 6,550 N/A 6,550
31 March 2013 9,559 N/A 9,559
31 March 2014 16,273 N/A 16,273
31 March 2015 12,878 N/A 12,878
31 March 2016 19,128 N/A 19,128
31 March 2017 20,442 N/A 20,442
31 March 2018 22,100 N/A 22,100
31 March 2019 30,027 N/A 30,027
31 March 2020 40,830 N/A 40,830
31 March 2021 52,467 N/A 52,467
31 March 2022 89,344 N/A 89,344
30 April 2022 94,014 N/A 94,014
31 May 2022 97,630 N/A 97,630
30 June 2022 100,549 737 101,286
31 July 2022 98,580 6,835 105,415
31 August 2022 96,489 15,092 111,581
30 September 2022 95,679 24,009 119,688
31 October 2022 93,987 32,301 126,288
30 November 2022 92,327 38,965 131,292
31 December 2022 90,358 45,872 136,230
31 January 2023 87,817 50,173 137,990
28 February 2023 84,637 54,145 138,782
31 March 2023 80,148 57,904 138,052
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Notes
1. Data for April 2022 to March 2023 is provisional and has not been cleansed to remove duplicates. Finali
Immigration System Statistics
2. Applications made before 28 June 2022 are counted as 'legacy' cases. Applications made on or after 28
Immigration system statistics
decision backlog, and legacy and flow backlog breakdowns respectively.
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ve duplicates. Finalised data for 30 June 2022, 30 September 2022

made on or after 28 June 2022 are counted as 'flow' cases.

Asylum seekers in receipt of support, as at 31 March 2023
Support type Dispersed Contingency Contingency
accommodation accommodation - accommodation -
Hotel Other
Section 98 389 47,438 2,070
Section 95 51,890
Section 4 4,700 80 18
Subsistence only
Total 56,979 47,518 2,088
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Notes
Immigration System Statistics
Immigration System Statistics
asylum seeker in receipt of support by nationality and local authority respectively.
3. The Section 98 data currently includes all people who reside in Initial Accommodation or Contingency A
This data will therefore include those individuals who have been assessed as eligible for Section 95 su
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 Initial Subsistence only Total
accommodation

1,649 51,546
51,890
2 4,800
4,058 4,058
1,651 4,058 112,294

spectively.
ommodation or Contingency Accommodation irrespective of support eligibility.
ed as eligible for Section 95 support and who are awaiting a move to dispersal accommodation.
Enforcement Visits (including Illegal Working Visits) and outcomes, 2019 Q1 to 2023 Q1
Visits/Activity 2019 Q1 2019 Q2 2019 Q3
Enforcement Visits 3,609 4,144 3,927
of which, Illegal Working Enforcement Visits (subset) 1,029 1,855 1,657
Encountered/Arrested following Enforcement Visits 8,917 10,882 10,722
of which, Encountered only (subset) 7,405 8,985 8,976
of which, Encountered and Arrested (subset) 1,512 1,897 1,746
of which, Detained within 2 days following an Arrest (subset) 867 1,069 963
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Notes
1. These statistics are based on provisional analysis of data taken from a live operational database, and co
2. Illegal Working visits are a subset of Enforcement visits where the intention of the visit is to disrupt illega
3. Enforcement Visits are only included where the Status of the visit is "Closed". Due to the transition from
4. An encounter is recorded as any individual who is encountered during an enforcement visit and spoken
with leave to remain in the UK). If an immigration offender is identified, for numerous reasons includin
5. Detentions data is limited to those entering the Immigration Estate within 2 days of their arrest.
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to 2023 Q1
2019 Q4 2020 Q1 2020 Q2 2020 Q3 2020 Q4 2021 Q1 2021 Q2 2021 Q3
3,481 3,175 158 711 1,230 650 1,801 1,929
1,396 1,248 31 178 248 108 325 349
8,992 7,186 366 1,165 1,859 805 2,189 2,305
7,424 5,920 344 910 1,484 662 1,820 1,944
1,568 1,266 22 255 375 143 369 361
924 748 2 139 150 38 129 109

ational database, and could be subject to future revisions.

e visit is to disrupt illegal working.
ue to the transition from a legacy system, a small proportion of Enforcement Visits (~5%) in Q1 2019 are excluded.
ement visit and spoken to in order to determine their immigration status (which may include UK nationals and those
merous reasons including working without the right to do so, then subsequent arrest will be considered.
of their arrest.
 2021 Q4 2022 Q1 2022 Q2 2022 Q3 2022 Q4 2023 Q1 Total
1,880 2,111 2,663 2,091 2,517 3,228 39,305
555 825 1,095 888 927 1,273 13,987
2,832 3,691 4,711 4,069 4,493 6,246 81,430
2,319 3,038 4,055 3,203 3,380 4,669 66,538
513 653 656 866 1,113 1,577 14,892
171 221 244 274 399 550 6,997

1 2019 are excluded.

K nationals and those
nsidered.
Returns, by type of return and nationality (Albanian and other nationalities), 2019 Q2 to 2023 Q1
Return type 2019 Q2 2019 Q3 2019 Q4 2020 Q1
Enforced returns - Total 1,829 1,684 1,784 1,321
Enforced returns - Albanian (subset) 229 198 214 163
Enforced returns - All other nationalities (subset)1,600 1,486 1,570 1,158
Voluntary returns - Total 3,159 2,866 2,739 2,267
Voluntary returns - Albanian (subset) 82 89 95 47
Voluntary returns - All other nationalities (subset)
3,077 2,777 2,644 2,220
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Notes
Immigration System Statistics
2. Voluntary returns includes 'other verified returns', where the individual leaves the UK without formally no
As a result, data for more recent periods are subject to significant upward revision.
Immigration System Statistics
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s), 2019 Q2 to 2023 Q1
2020 Q2 2020 Q3 2020 Q4 2021 Q1 2021 Q2 2021 Q3 2021 Q4
378 858 783 445 890 719 719
107 151 141 13 275 207 196
271 707 642 432 615 512 523
484 1,175 1,038 927 1,962 2,189 2,243
70 115 64 38 146 148 160
414 1,060 974 889 1,816 2,041 2,083

the UK without formally notifying the Home Office of their departure. In some cases it can take time to identify these
 2022 Q1 2022 Q2 2022 Q3 2022 Q4 2023 Q1
914 879 1,032 1,027 1,234
280 179 255 240 389
634 700 777 787 845
2,356 2,327 2,848 3,067 3,710
151 217 258 308 406
2,205 2,110 2,590 2,759 3,304

can take time to identify these returns.

Asylum decision makers, 1 August 2019 to 1 March 2023
As at… Asylum Decision Makers (FTE)
01 August 2019 588
01 September 2019 608
01 October 2019 626
01 November 2019 634
01 December 2019 648
01 January 2020 635
01 February 2020 616
01 March 2020 607
01 April 2020 608
01 May 2020 604
01 June 2020 602
01 July 2020 602
01 August 2020 614
01 September 2020 619
01 October 2020 604
01 November 2020 591
01 December 2020 579
01 January 2021 566
01 February 2021 545
01 March 2021 555
01 April 2021 543
01 May 2021 533
01 June 2021 545
01 July 2021 562
01 August 2021 590
01 September 2021 623
01 October 2021 600
01 November 2021 604
01 December 2021 591
01 January 2022 681
01 February 2022 728
01 March 2022 777
01 April 2022 800
01 May 2022 789
01 June 2022 848
01 July 2022 865
01 August 2022 892
01 September 2022 911
01 October 2022 1,175
01 November 2022 1,265
01 December 2022 1,237
01 January 2023 1,333
 01 February 2023 1,302
01 March 2023 1,281
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Notes
Migration Transparency release
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