The Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford yesterday published a new briefing examining the number of people deported or removed from the UK and those departing voluntarily after the initiation of enforced removal.
You can read the full briefing here.
The briefing uses Home Office data on removals, and it focuses mostly on enforced removals and voluntary departures, and for most purposes excludes individuals refused entry at port.
It maps trends over time and uses figures from 1997 to 2013.
The key points noted in the briefing are:
• In 2013 there were 50,741 foreign nationals removed from within the UK under immigration law - or known to have departed under threat of such removal - an increase of 14.5% from 2012 totals.
• Increases since 2005 in detected deportations come from improved data collection on 'other confirmed voluntary departures' of people due for enforced removal.
• Removals of asylum applicants and their dependents have declined every year since 2006, from 18,280 in 2006 to 8,660 in 2013.
• In 2013 there were 4,667 foreign national offenders removed from the UK, compared with 4,765 in 2012.