A total of 1,670 people crossed the English Channel to Britain in small boats in the week ending 1 November, according to Home Office figures updated on 10 November. It was the second-busiest week of 2026.
Bel McRae · Wednesday 11 November 2026
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- UK Home Office / Border Force, Small boat activity in the English Channel (landing page, last updated 10 November 2026)
- UK Home Office, Weekly summary of small boat arrivals and preventions, week ending 1 November 2026 (updated 10 November 2026)
- UK Home Office, Small boat arrivals: last 7 days (updated 10 November 2026, covering 3-9 November)
- UK Home Office, Migrants detected crossing the English Channel in small boats – time series (ODS dated 6 November 2026, daily data to 5 November)
- UK Home Office, How many people come to the UK via illegal entry routes?, Immigration system statistics, year ending June 2026 (published 27 August 2026)
- UK Home Office, How many people claim asylum in the UK?, Immigration system statistics, year ending June 2026 (published 27 August 2026)
- UK Home Office, How many people are in the UK asylum system?, Immigration system statistics, year ending June 2026 (published 27 August 2026)
- UK Home Office, Immigration system statistics, year ending September 2026 (announcement: confirmed release 26 November 2026, 9:30am)
- Frontex, Irregular border crossings into the EU down 1/3 in the first nine months of 2026 (19 October 2026)
- Frontex Migratory Map (checked 11 November 2026 for a newer Jan-Oct file; page cites EUROSUR data as of 4 November 2026, no new official IBC spreadsheet found)
- Wikimedia Commons, File:Port of Dover Pier 7 8 9.JPG (Ad Meskens, 27 September 2014, CC BY-SA 4.0)
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