Home Office · nationality: Nigeria

Enforced returns: Nigeria

4 periods to 2026 Q2

112returns

Enforced returns for Nigeria totalled 112 returns in the 4 periods to 2026 Q2, up 12.0% (12) on the 4 periods before.

  1. Home Office dataset
  2. Data_Ret_D01
  3. Return type group=Enforced return; Nationality=Nigeria
  4. column “Number of returns
  5. sum of 7 rows per period
  6. published 27 August 2026

2004 Q1 to 2026 Q2

Enforced returns by nationality: 2004 Q1 to 2026 Q2LabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour0200400200520102015202020252004 Q1: 158 returns · published 27 August 20262004 Q2: 186 returns · published 27 August 20262004 Q3: 181 returns · published 27 August 20262004 Q4: 233 returns · published 27 August 20262005 Q1: 257 returns · published 27 August 20262005 Q2: 332 returns · published 27 August 20262005 Q3: 413 returns · published 27 August 20262005 Q4: 481 returns · published 27 August 20262006 Q1: 474 returns · published 27 August 20262006 Q2: 400 returns · published 27 August 20262006 Q3: 404 returns · published 27 August 20262006 Q4: 396 returns · published 27 August 20262007 Q1: 311 returns · published 27 August 20262007 Q2: 295 returns · published 27 August 20262007 Q3: 311 returns · published 27 August 20262007 Q4: 315 returns · published 27 August 20262008 Q1: 319 returns · published 27 August 20262008 Q2: 313 returns · published 27 August 20262008 Q3: 299 returns · published 27 August 20262008 Q4: 263 returns · published 27 August 20262009 Q1: 259 returns · published 27 August 20262009 Q2: 286 returns · published 27 August 20262009 Q3: 262 returns · published 27 August 20262009 Q4: 245 returns · published 27 August 20262010 Q1: 246 returns · published 27 August 20262010 Q2: 183 returns · published 27 August 20262010 Q3: 273 returns · published 27 August 20262010 Q4: 194 returns · published 27 August 20262011 Q1: 256 returns · published 27 August 20262011 Q2: 227 returns · published 27 August 20262011 Q3: 255 returns · published 27 August 20262011 Q4: 235 returns · published 27 August 20262012 Q1: 189 returns · published 27 August 20262012 Q2: 179 returns · published 27 August 20262012 Q3: 195 returns · published 27 August 20262012 Q4: 200 returns · published 27 August 20262013 Q1: 234 returns · published 27 August 20262013 Q2: 198 returns · published 27 August 20262013 Q3: 168 returns · published 27 August 20262013 Q4: 196 returns · published 27 August 20262014 Q1: 160 returns · published 27 August 20262014 Q2: 112 returns · published 27 August 20262014 Q3: 152 returns · published 27 August 20262014 Q4: 146 returns · published 27 August 20262015 Q1: 182 returns · published 27 August 20262015 Q2: 132 returns · published 27 August 20262015 Q3: 157 returns · published 27 August 20262015 Q4: 140 returns · published 27 August 20262016 Q1: 108 returns · published 27 August 20262016 Q2: 91 returns · published 27 August 20262016 Q3: 100 returns · published 27 August 20262016 Q4: 81 returns · published 27 August 20262017 Q1: 107 returns · published 27 August 20262017 Q2: 110 returns · published 27 August 20262017 Q3: 96 returns · published 27 August 20262017 Q4: 73 returns · published 27 August 20262018 Q1: 89 returns · published 27 August 20262018 Q2: 50 returns · published 27 August 20262018 Q3: 49 returns · published 27 August 20262018 Q4: 33 returns · published 27 August 20262019 Q1: 28 returns · published 27 August 20262019 Q2: 9 returns · published 27 August 20262019 Q3: 14 returns · published 27 August 20262019 Q4: 15 returns · published 27 August 20262020 Q1: 8 returns · published 27 August 20262020 Q4: 13 returns · published 27 August 20262021 Q1: 2 returns · published 27 August 20262021 Q2: 7 returns · published 27 August 20262021 Q3: 7 returns · published 27 August 20262021 Q4: 10 returns · published 27 August 20262022 Q1: 4 returns · published 27 August 20262022 Q2: 16 returns · published 27 August 20262022 Q4: 7 returns · published 27 August 20262023 Q1: 12 returns · published 27 August 20262023 Q2: 7 returns · published 27 August 20262023 Q3: 5 returns · published 27 August 20262023 Q4: 4 returns · published 27 August 20262024 Q1: 16 returns · published 27 August 20262024 Q2: 8 returns · published 27 August 20262024 Q3: 17 returns · published 27 August 20262024 Q4: 31 returns · published 27 August 20262025 Q1: 13 returns · published 27 August 20262025 Q2: 39 returns · published 27 August 20262025 Q3: 21 returns · published 27 August 20262025 Q4: 28 returns · published 27 August 20262026 Q1: 36 returns · published 27 August 20262026 Q2: 27 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