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Jun 13, 2024 · As at 31 March 2024, there were 1,913 people held in immigration detention. The number of people in immigration detention was 20% higher on 31 March 2024 than on 31 March 2023.
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21,365 people entered immigration detention in the year ending September 2021, 24% higher than the previous year. However, this follows a large fall in the number of people entering detention following the COVID-19 outbreak and is just below pre-pandemic levels. There has been a general downward trend in numbers entering detention since the peak in...
In the year ending June 2021, enforced returns from the UK decreased to 2,910, less than half the number (44% fewer) in the previous year. The vast majority of enforced returns over the year were of Foreign National Offenders (FNOs). Although the number of enforced returns has been declining since the peak in 2012, as Figure 5 shows, the sharp fall...
3.1 Immigration detention
The statistics in this section show the number of entries into, and departures from, detention for those held solely under immigration powers. One individual may enter or leave detention multiple times in a given period and will therefore have been counted multiple times in the statistics.Statistics on foreign nationals held in prison for criminal offences are published by the Ministry of Justice in ‘Offender management statistics quarterly’. The detention estate comprises immigration removal...
3.2 Returns
Data on returns are published a quarter behind to allow more time for returns (particularly ‘other verified returns’) to be entered on the system prior to publication, ensuring that the published data is an accurate representation of the number of returns. We routinely revise the previous eight quarters of data as part of each quarterly release. Therefore, data for the most recent 8 quarters should be considered provisional. Further details on the revisions can be found in the returns section...
Data referred to here can be found in the following tables: 1. Immigration detention summary tables 2. Detailed immigration detention datasets 3. Returns summary tables 4. Detailed returns datasets
Feb 23, 2023 · 1.2 People in immigration detention. At the end of December 2022, there were 1,159 people held in immigration detention (including those detained under immigration powers in prison).
- An individual may be detained under immigration powers under certain circumstances, for example, whilst their identity is being established, where...
- The Home Office seeks to return people who do not have a legal right to stay in the UK. The different types of returns are grouped into 3 broad cat...
- The underlying casework systems on which this data are based are undergoing a process of change and therefore the published numbers may change in f...
- Data referred to here can be found in the following tables: Immigration detention summary tables Detailed immigration detention datasets Returns su...
Nov 2, 2022 · On 31 March 2022, 56% (807) of those in immigration detention were held in IRCs, 0.8% (12) in RSTHFs, and nobody was held in pre-departure accommodation. The Home Office does not publish statistical records of who it detains in short-term holding rooms.
Sep 12, 2018 · Detainees are held in Immigration Removal Centres (IRCs) which are separate to prisons and short-term holding facilities. There are 11 IRCs across the UK. Most are managed by private sector companies; two are operated by the Prison Service.
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- 2018
2305 people were detained in "removal centres" in the UK under Immigration Act powers (this figure excludes those held in prisons) 1980 immigration detainees were male. 35 children under 18 were detained. 1640 detainees had claimed asylum at some stage. Once detained it is possible to apply for bail.
Jan 15, 2024 · At the end of June 2023, there were 254 people detained in UK prisons under immigration powers. These are non-British citizens who remain locked in prison following the completion of their term to face deportation proceedings. Many people are told just days or hours before their planned release.
