Home Office · nationality: Afghanistan

Enforced returns: Afghanistan

4 periods to 2026 Q2

204returns

Enforced returns for Afghanistan totalled 204 returns in the 4 periods to 2026 Q2, up 2,450.0% (196) on the 4 periods before.

  1. Home Office dataset
  2. Data_Ret_D01
  3. Return type group=Enforced return; Nationality=Afghanistan
  4. column “Number of returns
  5. sum of 3 rows per period
  6. published 27 August 2026

2004 Q1 to 2026 Q2

Enforced returns by nationality: 2004 Q1 to 2026 Q2LabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour0200400200520102015202020252004 Q1: 126 returns · published 27 August 20262004 Q2: 169 returns · published 27 August 20262004 Q3: 166 returns · published 27 August 20262004 Q4: 159 returns · published 27 August 20262005 Q1: 158 returns · published 27 August 20262005 Q2: 153 returns · published 27 August 20262005 Q3: 215 returns · published 27 August 20262005 Q4: 216 returns · published 27 August 20262006 Q1: 208 returns · published 27 August 20262006 Q2: 130 returns · published 27 August 20262006 Q3: 168 returns · published 27 August 20262006 Q4: 143 returns · published 27 August 20262007 Q1: 185 returns · published 27 August 20262007 Q2: 201 returns · published 27 August 20262007 Q3: 145 returns · published 27 August 20262007 Q4: 163 returns · published 27 August 20262008 Q1: 180 returns · published 27 August 20262008 Q2: 190 returns · published 27 August 20262008 Q3: 138 returns · published 27 August 20262008 Q4: 156 returns · published 27 August 20262009 Q1: 156 returns · published 27 August 20262009 Q2: 251 returns · published 27 August 20262009 Q3: 318 returns · published 27 August 20262009 Q4: 219 returns · published 27 August 20262010 Q1: 385 returns · published 27 August 20262010 Q2: 272 returns · published 27 August 20262010 Q3: 360 returns · published 27 August 20262010 Q4: 310 returns · published 27 August 20262011 Q1: 405 returns · published 27 August 20262011 Q2: 317 returns · published 27 August 20262011 Q3: 292 returns · published 27 August 20262011 Q4: 330 returns · published 27 August 20262012 Q1: 205 returns · published 27 August 20262012 Q2: 242 returns · published 27 August 20262012 Q3: 153 returns · published 27 August 20262012 Q4: 219 returns · published 27 August 20262013 Q1: 231 returns · published 27 August 20262013 Q2: 276 returns · published 27 August 20262013 Q3: 206 returns · published 27 August 20262013 Q4: 147 returns · published 27 August 20262014 Q1: 187 returns · published 27 August 20262014 Q2: 159 returns · published 27 August 20262014 Q3: 178 returns · published 27 August 20262014 Q4: 138 returns · published 27 August 20262015 Q1: 136 returns · published 27 August 20262015 Q2: 80 returns · published 27 August 20262015 Q3: 74 returns · published 27 August 20262015 Q4: 120 returns · published 27 August 20262016 Q1: 61 returns · published 27 August 20262016 Q2: 82 returns · published 27 August 20262016 Q3: 60 returns · published 27 August 20262016 Q4: 76 returns · published 27 August 20262017 Q1: 65 returns · published 27 August 20262017 Q2: 49 returns · published 27 August 20262017 Q3: 39 returns · published 27 August 20262017 Q4: 26 returns · published 27 August 20262018 Q1: 23 returns · published 27 August 20262018 Q2: 24 returns · published 27 August 20262018 Q3: 17 returns · published 27 August 20262018 Q4: 8 returns · published 27 August 20262019 Q1: 9 returns · published 27 August 20262019 Q2: 9 returns · published 27 August 20262019 Q3: 13 returns · published 27 August 20262019 Q4: 18 returns · published 27 August 20262020 Q1: 22 returns · published 27 August 20262020 Q3: 2 returns · published 27 August 20262020 Q4: 3 returns · published 27 August 20262021 Q1: 6 returns · published 27 August 20262021 Q2: 2 returns · published 27 August 20262021 Q3: 2 returns · published 27 August 20262022 Q1: 3 returns · published 27 August 20262022 Q2: 3 returns · published 27 August 20262022 Q3: 1 returns · published 27 August 20262023 Q1: 2 returns · published 27 August 20262023 Q2: 1 returns · published 27 August 20262023 Q4: 2 returns · published 27 August 20262024 Q1: 2 returns · published 27 August 20262024 Q2: 2 returns · published 27 August 20262024 Q3: 1 returns · published 27 August 20262024 Q4: 1 returns · published 27 August 20262025 Q1: 4 returns · published 27 August 20262025 Q2: 2 returns · published 27 August 20262025 Q3: 4 returns · published 27 August 20262025 Q4: 54 returns · published 27 August 20262026 Q1: 40 returns · published 27 August 20262026 Q2: 106 returns · published 27 August 2026

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What this measures

The number of people removed from the UK by enforcement action in each quarter (enforced removals and other returns from detention), split by nationality.

Voluntary returns, people refused entry at port who subsequently departed, or people who left without the Home Office's knowledge.

Source

Dataset
Immigration system statistics: returns detailed datasets
Release
Year ending June 2026, published 27 August 2026 · sha256 7c16d6e2a68ff486
All values
Enforced returns by nationality