Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been removed to Rwanda under paragraph 345C of the Immigration Rules since 1 January 2022; and how many of these removals were of persons who had neither been previously present or had a connection with Rwanda within the terms of that paragraph.

Relating to PQ 157394

The Home Office publishes data on the number of returns from the UK in each quarter in the ‘Immigration Statistics Quarterly release’. The latest data on returns are published in Ret_D01 where the data are broken down by nationality and return destination group, and Ret_D02 of the returns detailed dataset where the data are broken down by destination. The latest data relate to the year ending September 2021.

Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook.

The Home Office seeks to return people who do not have any legal right to stay in the UK, which includes people who:

• Enter, or attempt to enter, the UK illegally (including people entering clandestinely and by means of deception on entry)
• Are subject to deportation action; for example, due to a serious criminal conviction
• Overstay their period of legal right to remain in the UK
• Breach their conditions of leave
• Have been refused asylum

Data for October 2021 onwards will be published in future immigration statistics publications. Future immigration statistics publication release dates can be found on the research and statistics calendar.

Relating to PQ 157395:

The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on inadmissibility, including individuals returned, are published in the chapter ‘How many people do we grant asylum or protection to?’.

The latest data cover up to the end of December 2021. The next release, covering January to March 2022, will be published on 26 May 2022. Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘Research and statistics calendar’.