Asylum: Deportation
(asked on 7th June 2016) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of failed asylum seekers who have been removed or voluntarily deported were (a) overstayers and (b) illegal entrants in each of the last seven years.
Our records indicate that:
Table 1: Proportion of failed asylum seekers with an enforced removal or voluntary departure who had been served a notice of liability for removal for being an overstayer, 2009-2015
| 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
Enforced Removal | 17% | 21% | 30% | 31% | 34% | 35% | 31% |
Voluntary Departure | 9% | 16% | 15% | 24% | 38% | 32% | 24% |
Table 2: Proportion of failed asylum seekers with an enforced removal or voluntary departure who had been served a notice of liability for removal for being an illegal entrant, 2009-2015
| 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
Enforced Removal | 48% | 56% | 54% | 45% | 42% | 40% | 44% |
Voluntary Departure | 42% | 40% | 30% | 40% | 36% | 39% | 40% |
Notes |
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The category ‘voluntarily deported’ does not exist and was interpreted as those who had voluntary departed instead. Figures represent the proportion of failed asylum seekers returned who were served a notice of liability for removal with a case type relating to them being an overstayer or an illegal entrant. The data may not, therefore, include all failed asylum seekers who were overstayers or illegal entrants. | |
Enforced removal and voluntary departure data is based on published data from Migration Statistics. This was matched to management information data (extracted on 17 May 2016) on individuals served a notice of liability for removal as described above. This is provisional management information that is subject to change. It has not been assured to the standard of Official Statistics. | |