Illegal Immigrants: Deportation
(asked on 2nd July 2014) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many illegal immigrants have been sent back from the UK to their country of origin in each calendar year since May 2010.
The table below provides the total number of persons removed or departed
voluntarily from the UK to their country of origin in each year since 2010. The
information provided is a subset of the total number of persons removed or
departed voluntarily from the UK as others may be removed or depart voluntarily
to a country that is different to their country of origin.
| Number of persons removals or voluntary departured from the UK to their country of origin, 2010 to 2013 (1)(2) | ||||||
| Year | Total enforced removals | Total non-asylum refused entry at port and subsequently departed | Total voluntary departures | |||
| Jan-Apr 2010 | 4,098 | 2,857 | 7,718 | |||
| May - Dec 2010 | 8,691 | 5,139 | 14,049 | |||
| Total 2010 | 12,789 | 7,996 | 21,767 | |||
| 2011 | 12,997 | 6,250 | 20,622 | |||
| 2012(P) | 13,096 | 5,760 | 22,272 | |||
| 2013(P) | 11,577 | 6,252 | 28,130 | |||
| (1) Destination as recorded on source database; all nationals returned to their country of origin. | ||||||
| (2) Removals are recorded on the system as at the dates on which the data extracts were taken. | ||||||
| (P) Provisional figures. | ||||||
The Home Office publishes quarterly and annual statistics on the number of
persons removed or departed voluntarily from the UK within Immigration
Statistics. The data on removals and voluntary departures are readily available
in the latest release, Immigration Statistics: January – March 2014, from the
GOV.UK website:
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-stati
stics-quarterly-release.