Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Afghan nationals have been (a) refused Leave to Remain in the UK and (b) returned to Afghanistan in each of the last 10 years.

The Home Office published data on asylum, extensions of leave to remain, and returns in the ‘Immigration Statistics Quarterly release’.

Data on initial decisions (including refusals) made on asylum applications in each quarter can be found in table Asy_D02 of the ‘Asylum & Resettlement detailed datasets’. Data on refusals of leave to remain can be found in table Exe_D01 of the ‘Extensions detailed datasets’. The latest data relates to the end of March 2021. Data to the end of June 2021 will be published on 26 August 2021.

Data on the number of returns from the UK, by nationality and destination group (including returns to ‘Home country’) can be found in Ret_D01 of the ‘returns detailed datasets’. The latest data only relates to the end of December 2020. Data to the end of March 2021 will be published on 26 August 2021.