Illegal immigration to the UK, measured.
An independent watchdog tracking irregular arrivals, what the asylum system costs, foreign national offenders, and the state's failure to control the border — built entirely on official statistics. Every number on this site links to its official source.
Small-boat crossings: this year against the last two
Arrivals, 2025
people detected arriving by small boat in 2025 — and 99% of 2025 arrivals went on to claim asylum or receive a modern-slavery (NRM) referral.
Enforced returns, YE March 2026
enforced returns of people with no right to be in the UK — across all cohorts, not only small-boat arrivals. Shown for scale, not as a like-for-like ratio: the two figures cover different groups and periods.
14,561 small-boat arrivals so far this year, tracked weekly against prior years.
48,758 awaiting an initial decision — down from a peak of 175,457 — with grant rates including small-boat claims by nationality.
Asylum accommodation contracts re-estimated from £4.5bn to £15.3bn over ten years — every figure a verified NAO citation.
10,134 foreign nationals in prison; 19,779 FNOs subject to deportation action living in the community.
English language, extremism referrals, inquiry findings and public opinion — official sources, quoted exactly.
Asylum accommodation in every UK local authority, from dispersal to contingency hotels.
Small boats data as of
Asylum data as of
Crime data as of
Sources for this page
- Small boat activity in the English Channel — Home Office · retrieved 2026-08-09
- Immigration system statistics data tables — Home Office · Year ending March 2026 · retrieved 2026-08-09
- Prison population: 30 June 2026 (Ministry of Justice, Offender management statistics quarterly) — Ministry of Justice · retrieved 2026-08-09
- NAO, An analysis of the asylum system (HC 1517, 10 December 2025) — National Audit Office · FY 2024-25 · retrieved 2026-08-09