{"title":"Detected illegal entry by method and year","source":"Illegal entry routes to the UK summary tables, year ending March 2026 (Home Office)","sourceUrl":"https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/immigration-system-statistics-data-tables","period":"calendar years, published in the year ending March 2026 release","asOf":"2026-08-09","licence":"https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/","columns":["method","2018","2019","2020","2021","2022","2023","2024","2025","2026 (Jan–Mar)"],"rows":[["Small boat arrivals",299,1843,8466,28526,45774,29437,36816,41472,4441],["Inadequately documented air arrivals",4769,5237,2328,2561,5130,3854,3349,3027,370],["Recorded detections in the UK",7257,8492,5428,5036,3379,2836,2900,1817,399],["Recorded detections at UK ports",1052,959,808,662,291,236,225,181,82]]}