People entering immigration detention during the Conservative 2017–2019 government
2016 → 2018 · 2 periods
↓ 14.3%−4,130 entries
People entering immigration detention fell by 14.3% over the period, from 28,903 entries (2016, the level when the government took office) to 24,773 (2018, the last complete period before it left office).
Inherited level 2016: 28,903
Level when it left 2018: 24,773
method: latest complete period before start / before end
Changes during this period do not by themselves show what the government caused. Statistics reflect many influences, including earlier decisions, the economy and how the data is collected.
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Definition and caveats
The number of entries into immigration detention in a 12-month period. Each entry is an occurrence, so a person detained twice is counted twice.
Doesn’t measure: The number of distinct people detained, people held in prisons under immigration powers before 2017, or how long people were detained.