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Statistics on small boat Channel crossings
Nationality
The chart below shows trends in the nationalities of people arriving on small boats since 2018.
Arrivals from Eritrea increased fairly steadily across the period shown. In the year ending June 2026, Eritrean nationals accounted for the largest share of small boat arrivals (18%), followed by Sudanese (13%), Afghan (12%), Somali (12%) and Iranian nationals (11%).
In recent years, Eritrean nationals have consistently had some of the highest asylum grant rates in the UK. Between 2021 to 2023, grant rates at initial decision ranged from 96% to 99%. In 2024 and 2025, rates fell slightly to 87%.
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