Statistical data set

Irregular migration summary: previous data tables

Listing of the irregular migration previous summary tables.

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Published 23 February 2023
Last updated 28 November 2024 + show all updates
  1. The 'Irregular migration to the UK ' statistics have been incorporated into the Immigration system statistics publication release from September 2024. This will bring the reporting of the department’s immigration system data into one place. The content and scope of the statistics previously published as Irregular Migration to the UK will not change. The title of this dataset has been changed for consistancy with the other statistical data set titles.

  2. Added 'Irregular migration to the UK summary tables, year ending June 2024', and 'Irregular migration to the UK detailed dataset, year ending June 2024'.

  3. Added 'Irregular migration to the UK summary tables, year ending March 2024', and 'Irregular migration to the UK detailed dataset, year ending March 2024'.

  4. Added 'Irregular migration to the UK detailed dataset, year ending December 2023' and 'Irregular migration to the UK summary tables, year ending December 2023'.

  5. Added 'Irregular migration to the UK detailed dataset year ending September 2023' and 'Irregular migration to the UK summary table, year ending September 2023'.

  6. Added 'Irregular migration to the UK detailed dataset year ending June 2023' and 'Irregular migration to the UK summary table, year ending June 2023'.

  7. Added 'Irr_D02: Number of asylum applications from small boat arrivals by asylum application, nationality, region, applicant type, sex and age group', 'Irr_D03: Initial decisions on asylum applications from small boat arrivals by nationality, region, asylum case outcome, asylum case outcome', 'Irr_D04: Number of NRM referrals from small boat arrivals by NRM referral, nationality, region, sex and age group', 'Irr_D05: Outcomes of NRM referrals from small boat arrivals by nationality, region, sex, age group, NRM case outcome and NRM case outcome group' and 'Irregular migration to the UK summary table, year ending March 2023'. Updated 'Irr_D01: Number of detected attempts to enter the UK irregularly by method of entry, nationality, region, sex and age group'.

  8. First published.