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People leaving immigration detention by reason

People leaving immigration detention by reason: 2016 Q3 to 2026 Q2ConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour03k5k8k2016201820202022202420262016 Q3: 7,042 people · published 27 August 20262016 Q4: 7,079 people · published 27 August 20262017 Q1: 7,177 people · published 27 August 20262017 Q2: 6,573 people · published 27 August 20262017 Q3: 6,991 people · published 27 August 20262017 Q4: 7,514 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q1: 6,363 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q2: 6,620 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q3: 5,952 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q4: 6,564 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q1: 6,085 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q2: 5,890 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q3: 6,062 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q4: 6,507 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q1: 5,526 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q2: 2,028 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q3: 4,022 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q4: 3,934 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q1: 2,918 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q2: 5,371 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q3: 8,714 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q4: 7,359 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q1: 3,676 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q2: 4,050 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q3: 7,968 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q4: 5,225 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q1: 3,643 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q2: 4,774 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q3: 4,704 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q4: 4,717 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q1: 4,612 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q2: 5,020 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q3: 5,160 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q4: 5,790 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q1: 5,283 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q2: 5,551 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q3: 5,884 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q4: 6,186 people · published 27 August 20262026 Q1: 4,756 people · published 27 August 20262026 Q2: 4,691 people · published 27 August 2026
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PeriodPeople leaving immigration detention by reason
2016 Q37,042 people
2016 Q47,079 people
2017 Q17,177 people
2017 Q26,573 people
2017 Q36,991 people
2017 Q47,514 people
2018 Q16,363 people
2018 Q26,620 people
2018 Q35,952 people
2018 Q46,564 people
2019 Q16,085 people
2019 Q25,890 people
2019 Q36,062 people
2019 Q46,507 people
2020 Q15,526 people
2020 Q22,028 people
2020 Q34,022 people
2020 Q43,934 people
2021 Q12,918 people
2021 Q25,371 people
2021 Q38,714 people
2021 Q47,359 people
2022 Q13,676 people
2022 Q24,050 people
2022 Q37,968 people
2022 Q45,225 people
2023 Q13,643 people
2023 Q24,774 people
2023 Q34,704 people
2023 Q44,717 people
2024 Q14,612 people
2024 Q25,020 people
2024 Q35,160 people
2024 Q45,790 people
2025 Q15,283 people
2025 Q25,551 people
2025 Q35,884 people
2025 Q46,186 people
2026 Q14,756 people
2026 Q24,691 people

Source: Home Office, Immigration system statistics: people leaving immigration detention dataset, Year ending June 2026 (published 27 August 2026). Data presentation: Civometry.

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