Small boat arrivals in 2023: Key numbers
by Ian Jones
Jan 01, 2024
3 minutes
Here are some of the key statistics for people who arrived in the UK in 2023 after crossing the English Channel in small boats:
– How many people made the crossing?
There were 29,437 arrivals in 2023, according to provisional figures from the Home Office.
This is more than a third (36%) lower than the 45,774 arrivals in 2022.
It is the first time the total number of
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