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A useful explanation of what would constitute a "distress situation" (maritime emergency) from SOS Humanity, a German search and rescue NGO active in rescue missions in the Mediterranean:

Since w/b 29/04/24, Home Office publishes weekly data on numbers of migrants & of small boats (SBs) that reached UK – AND on numbers of migrants & of small boats that were prevented. So far in 2025: 6,796 migrants arrived in 123 SBs; 4,496 migrants were prevented in 185 SBs.

Taking a closer look at those legendary "luxury" hotels...

Since w/b 29/04/24, Home Office publishes weekly data on numbers of migrants & of small boats (SBs) that reached UK – AND on numbers of migrants & of small boats that were prevented. So far in 2025: 8,064 migrants arrived in 145 SBs; 5,092 migrants were prevented in 210 SBs.

Which countries do refugees come to the UK from? [Source: Asylum Statistics, HoC Library, March 2025]

Comparison of total asylum applications per year for each EU member state and UK for the 10 year period 2015 - 2024 [Source: Eurostat – and UK Home Office for UK data from 2019 onwards]

Asylum applications (per 10k of population) in EU member states and UK in 2023.

Comparison of the grant rate on initial decisions for asylum applications in 2024 in UK, EU and EEA countries. 𝟏𝟔 EU countries, 𝟑 out of 4 EEA countries, and the overall grant rate for the EU as as whole (𝟓𝟏%) are ALL higher than the grant rate for the UK.

Since w/b 29/04/24, Home Office publishes weekly data on numbers of migrants & of small boats (SBs) that reached UK – AND on numbers of migrants & of small boats that were prevented. So far in 2025: 11,516 migrants arrived in 209 SBs; 7,075 migrants were prevented in 290 SBs.

Since w/b 29/04/24, Home Office publishes weekly data on numbers of migrants & of small boats (SBs) that reached UK – AND on numbers of migrants & of small boats that were prevented. So far in 2025: 11,806 migrants arrived in 214 SBs; 7,412 migrants were prevented in 300 SBs.

Since w/b 29/04/24, Home Office publishes weekly data on numbers of migrants & of small boats (SBs) that reached UK – AND on numbers of migrants & of small boats that were prevented. So far in 2025: 13,617 migrants arrived in 244 SBs; 9,441 migrants were prevented in 345 SBs.

Since w/b 29/04/24, Home Office publishes weekly data on numbers of migrants & of small boats (SBs) that reached UK – AND on numbers of migrants & of small boats that were prevented. So far in 2025: 14,812 migrants arrived in 263 SBs; 10,002 migrants were prevented in 363 SBs.