It’s been claimed a number of times, including by former home secretary Priti Patel, that 60% of small boat arrivals over the summer were from Albania. But we can’t verify this claim as the Home Office hasn't published the data to back it up
, which claimed that “between half and 60 per cent of the Channel migrants arriving in small boats are now Albanian“, and backed up the figure by adding: “An estimated 700—or 60 per cent—of the daily record of 1,295 migrants who reached the UK on Monday were from the Balkan state.
This is more in line with the Telegraph’s original reporting, but potentially different to Ms Patel’s claim in Parliament that 60% of small boat arrivals “over the summer” were Albanian. It did tell us that the next quarter’s data on small boat crossings, which will cover some of the summer, is due to be published on 24 November.
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