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Home Office · nationality: South Africa

People in immigration detention: South Africa

at 30 June 2026

12people

People in immigration detention for South Africa was 12 people at 30 June 2026, up 140.0% (7) on the period before.

  1. Home Office dataset
  2. Data_Det_D02
  3. all rows; Nationality=South Africa
  4. column “People”
  5. sum of 9 rows per period
  6. published 27 August 2026

March 2010 to June 2026

People in immigration detention by nationality: March 2010 to June 2026LabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour010202010201520202025March 2010: 20 people · published 27 August 2026June 2010: 24 people · published 27 August 2026September 2010: 19 people · published 27 August 2026December 2010: 14 people · published 27 August 2026March 2011: 18 people · published 27 August 2026June 2011: 16 people · published 27 August 2026September 2011: 16 people · published 27 August 2026December 2011: 9 people · published 27 August 2026March 2012: 12 people · published 27 August 2026June 2012: 15 people · published 27 August 2026September 2012: 10 people · published 27 August 2026December 2012: 3 people · published 27 August 2026March 2013: 11 people · published 27 August 2026June 2013: 10 people · published 27 August 2026September 2013: 15 people · published 27 August 2026December 2013: 8 people · published 27 August 2026March 2014: 10 people · published 27 August 2026June 2014: 10 people · published 27 August 2026September 2014: 13 people · published 27 August 2026December 2014: 16 people · published 27 August 2026March 2015: 14 people · published 27 August 2026June 2015: 13 people · published 27 August 2026September 2015: 11 people · published 27 August 2026December 2015: 8 people · published 27 August 2026March 2016: 12 people · published 27 August 2026June 2016: 7 people · published 27 August 2026September 2016: 7 people · published 27 August 2026December 2016: 9 people · published 27 August 2026March 2017: 14 people · published 27 August 2026June 2017: 13 people · published 27 August 2026September 2017: 22 people · published 27 August 2026December 2017: 15 people · published 27 August 2026March 2018: 16 people · published 27 August 2026June 2018: 9 people · published 27 August 2026September 2018: 14 people · published 27 August 2026December 2018: 13 people · published 27 August 2026March 2019: 10 people · published 27 August 2026June 2019: 9 people · published 27 August 2026September 2019: 8 people · published 27 August 2026December 2019: 10 people · published 27 August 2026March 2020: 10 people · published 27 August 2026June 2020: 5 people · published 27 August 2026September 2020: 11 people · published 27 August 2026December 2020: 7 people · published 27 August 2026March 2021: 8 people · published 27 August 2026June 2021: 5 people · published 27 August 2026September 2021: 5 people · published 27 August 2026December 2021: 9 people · published 27 August 2026March 2022: 3 people · published 27 August 2026June 2022: 4 people · published 27 August 2026September 2022: 4 people · published 27 August 2026December 2022: 6 people · published 27 August 2026March 2023: 5 people · published 27 August 2026June 2023: 6 people · published 27 August 2026September 2023: 7 people · published 27 August 2026December 2023: 8 people · published 27 August 2026March 2024: 8 people · published 27 August 2026June 2024: 6 people · published 27 August 2026September 2024: 3 people · published 27 August 2026December 2024: 5 people · published 27 August 2026March 2025: 5 people · published 27 August 2026June 2025: 7 people · published 27 August 2026September 2025: 6 people · published 27 August 2026December 2025: 5 people · published 27 August 2026March 2026: 5 people · published 27 August 2026June 2026: 12 people · published 27 August 2026
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What this measures

The number of people held in immigration detention on the last day of the quarter, split by nationality. This is a stock, not a flow.

Entries to or exits from detention during the quarter, or people held in prisons under immigration powers before 2017.

Source

Dataset
Immigration system statistics: immigration detention detailed datasets
Release
Year ending June 2026, published 27 August 2026 · sha256 51b4d9100ad36864…
All values
People in immigration detention by nationality