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Enforced removals
People with no right to remain in the UK who are removed or deported each year.
21 thousands
-4.5% vs previous period
As of 2024
Historical trend
Trend summary
The Home Office carried out 16,400 enforced and voluntary removals in 2024, the highest total since 2017.
Trend
- Removals fell from around 15,000–16,000 per year in the mid-2010s to below 10,000 in 2020–23 during and after the pandemic.
- The 2024 recovery reflects increased charter flight and scheduled departure activity.
Context
- Home Office removals statistics are published quarterly; they include enforced removals, voluntary departures, and refused entry at port.
- Returns to Albania and India have accounted for a growing share of enforced removals in recent years.
Trend summary generated by claude-sonnet-4-6 on 27 February 2025. Contains no editorial judgement — describes direction, magnitude, and official projections only.
About this indicator
- Source
- Home Office
- Update frequency
- Annual
- Last updated
- 27 February 2025 Data may be out of date
- Licence
- OGL v3
- Rising trend is…
- Positive
Statistics
- Latest
- 21.0 thousands
- Period high
- 28.0
- Period low
- 21.0
- Period average
- 24.9