Home Office · nationality: Sri Lanka

Voluntary returns: Sri Lanka

4 periods to 2026 Q2

290returns

Voluntary returns for Sri Lanka totalled 290 returns in the 4 periods to 2026 Q2, up 26.1% (60) on the 4 periods before.

  1. Home Office dataset
  2. Data_Ret_D01
  3. Return type group=Voluntary return; Nationality=Sri Lanka
  4. column “Number of returns
  5. sum of 25 rows per period
  6. published 27 August 2026

2004 Q1 to 2026 Q2

Voluntary returns by nationality: 2004 Q1 to 2026 Q2LabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour0100200200520102015202020252004 Q1: 52 returns · published 27 August 20262004 Q2: 53 returns · published 27 August 20262004 Q3: 73 returns · published 27 August 20262004 Q4: 47 returns · published 27 August 20262005 Q1: 76 returns · published 27 August 20262005 Q2: 85 returns · published 27 August 20262005 Q3: 82 returns · published 27 August 20262005 Q4: 67 returns · published 27 August 20262006 Q1: 104 returns · published 27 August 20262006 Q2: 148 returns · published 27 August 20262006 Q3: 94 returns · published 27 August 20262006 Q4: 126 returns · published 27 August 20262007 Q1: 91 returns · published 27 August 20262007 Q2: 139 returns · published 27 August 20262007 Q3: 123 returns · published 27 August 20262007 Q4: 104 returns · published 27 August 20262008 Q1: 137 returns · published 27 August 20262008 Q2: 110 returns · published 27 August 20262008 Q3: 127 returns · published 27 August 20262008 Q4: 86 returns · published 27 August 20262009 Q1: 120 returns · published 27 August 20262009 Q2: 110 returns · published 27 August 20262009 Q3: 134 returns · published 27 August 20262009 Q4: 155 returns · published 27 August 20262010 Q1: 208 returns · published 27 August 20262010 Q2: 140 returns · published 27 August 20262010 Q3: 153 returns · published 27 August 20262010 Q4: 150 returns · published 27 August 20262011 Q1: 155 returns · published 27 August 20262011 Q2: 127 returns · published 27 August 20262011 Q3: 167 returns · published 27 August 20262011 Q4: 188 returns · published 27 August 20262012 Q1: 196 returns · published 27 August 20262012 Q2: 235 returns · published 27 August 20262012 Q3: 176 returns · published 27 August 20262012 Q4: 200 returns · published 27 August 20262013 Q1: 215 returns · published 27 August 20262013 Q2: 199 returns · published 27 August 20262013 Q3: 180 returns · published 27 August 20262013 Q4: 206 returns · published 27 August 20262014 Q1: 230 returns · published 27 August 20262014 Q2: 193 returns · published 27 August 20262014 Q3: 147 returns · published 27 August 20262014 Q4: 199 returns · published 27 August 20262015 Q1: 242 returns · published 27 August 20262015 Q2: 206 returns · published 27 August 20262015 Q3: 277 returns · published 27 August 20262015 Q4: 230 returns · published 27 August 20262016 Q1: 198 returns · published 27 August 20262016 Q2: 191 returns · published 27 August 20262016 Q3: 141 returns · published 27 August 20262016 Q4: 115 returns · published 27 August 20262017 Q1: 152 returns · published 27 August 20262017 Q2: 105 returns · published 27 August 20262017 Q3: 113 returns · published 27 August 20262017 Q4: 87 returns · published 27 August 20262018 Q1: 64 returns · published 27 August 20262018 Q2: 90 returns · published 27 August 20262018 Q3: 83 returns · published 27 August 20262018 Q4: 70 returns · published 27 August 20262019 Q1: 46 returns · published 27 August 20262019 Q2: 50 returns · published 27 August 20262019 Q3: 28 returns · published 27 August 20262019 Q4: 27 returns · published 27 August 20262020 Q1: 30 returns · published 27 August 20262020 Q2: 3 returns · published 27 August 20262020 Q3: 2 returns · published 27 August 20262020 Q4: 3 returns · published 27 August 20262021 Q1: 4 returns · published 27 August 20262021 Q2: 32 returns · published 27 August 20262021 Q3: 30 returns · published 27 August 20262021 Q4: 27 returns · published 27 August 20262022 Q1: 35 returns · published 27 August 20262022 Q2: 23 returns · published 27 August 20262022 Q3: 19 returns · published 27 August 20262022 Q4: 29 returns · published 27 August 20262023 Q1: 14 returns · published 27 August 20262023 Q2: 26 returns · published 27 August 20262023 Q3: 29 returns · published 27 August 20262023 Q4: 25 returns · published 27 August 20262024 Q1: 59 returns · published 27 August 20262024 Q2: 43 returns · published 27 August 20262024 Q3: 39 returns · published 27 August 20262024 Q4: 70 returns · published 27 August 20262025 Q1: 57 returns · published 27 August 20262025 Q2: 64 returns · published 27 August 20262025 Q3: 63 returns · published 27 August 20262025 Q4: 84 returns · published 27 August 20262026 Q1: 73 returns · published 27 August 20262026 Q2: 70 returns · published 27 August 2026

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What this measures

The number of people who left the UK by assisted, controlled or other verified voluntary return in each quarter, split by nationality.

Enforced returns, people refused entry at port who subsequently departed, or people who left without the Home Office's knowledge; recent quarters are revised upwards as departures are verified.

Source

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