{
 "generated_at": "2026-07-15T12:32:07.856Z",
 "source": "Home Office returns summary tables Ret_06a/Ret_06b: returns of people who originally arrived by small boat, quarterly since 2018. Includes all return types; recent quarters provisional.",
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   "provisional": false,
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  },
  {
   "year": 2018,
   "quarter": "Q2",
   "provisional": false,
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   "returns": 4
  },
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   "returns": 5
  },
  {
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   "quarter": "Q1",
   "provisional": false,
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  },
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   "provisional": false,
   "returns": 25
  },
  {
   "year": 2019,
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   "provisional": false,
   "returns": 44
  },
  {
   "year": 2019,
   "quarter": "Q4",
   "provisional": false,
   "returns": 38
  },
  {
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   "quarter": "Q1",
   "provisional": false,
   "returns": 21
  },
  {
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   "quarter": "Q2",
   "provisional": false,
   "returns": 1
  },
  {
   "year": 2020,
   "quarter": "Q3",
   "provisional": false,
   "returns": 76
  },
  {
   "year": 2020,
   "quarter": "Q4",
   "provisional": false,
   "returns": 49
  },
  {
   "year": 2021,
   "quarter": "Q1",
   "provisional": false,
   "returns": 3
  },
  {
   "year": 2021,
   "quarter": "Q2",
   "provisional": false,
   "returns": 6
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  {
   "year": 2021,
   "quarter": "Q3",
   "provisional": false,
   "returns": 3
  },
  {
   "year": 2021,
   "quarter": "Q4",
   "provisional": false,
   "returns": 16
  },
  {
   "year": 2022,
   "quarter": "Q1",
   "provisional": false,
   "returns": 35
  },
  {
   "year": 2022,
   "quarter": "Q2",
   "provisional": false,
   "returns": 60
  },
  {
   "year": 2022,
   "quarter": "Q3",
   "provisional": false,
   "returns": 86
  },
  {
   "year": 2022,
   "quarter": "Q4",
   "provisional": false,
   "returns": 203
  },
  {
   "year": 2023,
   "quarter": "Q1",
   "provisional": false,
   "returns": 307
  },
  {
   "year": 2023,
   "quarter": "Q2",
   "provisional": false,
   "returns": 460
  },
  {
   "year": 2023,
   "quarter": "Q3",
   "provisional": false,
   "returns": 590
  },
  {
   "year": 2023,
   "quarter": "Q4",
   "provisional": false,
   "returns": 685
  },
  {
   "year": 2024,
   "quarter": "Q1",
   "provisional": false,
   "returns": 569
  },
  {
   "year": 2024,
   "quarter": "Q2",
   "provisional": false,
   "returns": 632
  },
  {
   "year": 2024,
   "quarter": "Q3",
   "provisional": true,
   "returns": 578
  },
  {
   "year": 2024,
   "quarter": "Q4",
   "provisional": true,
   "returns": 552
  },
  {
   "year": 2025,
   "quarter": "Q1",
   "provisional": true,
   "returns": 608
  },
  {
   "year": 2025,
   "quarter": "Q2",
   "provisional": true,
   "returns": 677
  },
  {
   "year": 2025,
   "quarter": "Q3",
   "provisional": true,
   "returns": 633
  },
  {
   "year": 2025,
   "quarter": "Q4",
   "provisional": true,
   "returns": 867
  },
  {
   "year": 2026,
   "quarter": "Q1",
   "provisional": true,
   "returns": 573
  }
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  "returns": 2750
 },
 "by_nationality_latest_year": [
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   "nationality": "Albania",
   "returns": 1455
  },
  {
   "nationality": "Turkey",
   "returns": 246
  },
  {
   "nationality": "Iraq",
   "returns": 174
  },
  {
   "nationality": "Afghanistan",
   "returns": 128
  },
  {
   "nationality": "Vietnam",
   "returns": 117
  },
  {
   "nationality": "Syria",
   "returns": 93
  },
  {
   "nationality": "Eritrea",
   "returns": 92
  },
  {
   "nationality": "India",
   "returns": 72
  },
  {
   "nationality": "Georgia",
   "returns": 64
  },
  {
   "nationality": "Iran",
   "returns": 63
  },
  {
   "nationality": "Other",
   "returns": 246
  },
  {
   "nationality": "Total",
   "returns": 2750
  }
 ]
}