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Home Office · Immigration system statistics: returns detailed datasets

Returns by destination group

2026 Q2 Provisional

14,594returns

Returns by destination group were 14,594 returns in 2026 Q2, up 9.7% (1,285) from 13,309 in 2025 Q2.

▲ 9.7% · +1,285 against 2025 Q2 (same quarter previous year)

  1. Home Office count
  2. 2026 Q2
  3. published 27 August 2026
  4. Ret_D01
  5. row “all rows”
  6. column “Number of returns”
  7. cell value sum of 2573 rows

The series is rising. Rule: up 9.7% from 2025 Q2 to 2026 Q2.

2004 Q1 to 2026 Q2

Returns by destination group: 2004 Q1 to 2026 Q2LabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour05k10k15k200520102015202020252004 Q1: 17,994 returns · published 27 August 20262004 Q2: 14,478 returns · published 27 August 20262004 Q3: 13,931 returns · published 27 August 20262004 Q4: 14,755 returns · published 27 August 20262005 Q1: 13,902 returns · published 27 August 20262005 Q2: 13,941 returns · published 27 August 20262005 Q3: 14,813 returns · published 27 August 20262005 Q4: 15,560 returns · published 27 August 20262006 Q1: 15,634 returns · published 27 August 20262006 Q2: 16,182 returns · published 27 August 20262006 Q3: 15,261 returns · published 27 August 20262006 Q4: 16,790 returns · published 27 August 20262007 Q1: 15,488 returns · published 27 August 20262007 Q2: 15,941 returns · published 27 August 20262007 Q3: 16,874 returns · published 27 August 20262007 Q4: 17,605 returns · published 27 August 20262008 Q1: 17,800 returns · published 27 August 20262008 Q2: 16,379 returns · published 27 August 20262008 Q3: 18,753 returns · published 27 August 20262008 Q4: 17,522 returns · published 27 August 20262009 Q1: 17,261 returns · published 27 August 20262009 Q2: 17,286 returns · published 27 August 20262009 Q3: 19,050 returns · published 27 August 20262009 Q4: 18,011 returns · published 27 August 20262010 Q1: 16,870 returns · published 27 August 20262010 Q2: 15,788 returns · published 27 August 20262010 Q3: 16,339 returns · published 27 August 20262010 Q4: 15,139 returns · published 27 August 20262011 Q1: 15,503 returns · published 27 August 20262011 Q2: 13,218 returns · published 27 August 20262011 Q3: 15,419 returns · published 27 August 20262011 Q4: 16,483 returns · published 27 August 20262012 Q1: 15,006 returns · published 27 August 20262012 Q2: 14,642 returns · published 27 August 20262012 Q3: 15,137 returns · published 27 August 20262012 Q4: 15,396 returns · published 27 August 20262013 Q1: 15,002 returns · published 27 August 20262013 Q2: 15,388 returns · published 27 August 20262013 Q3: 15,435 returns · published 27 August 20262013 Q4: 15,500 returns · published 27 August 20262014 Q1: 15,076 returns · published 27 August 20262014 Q2: 13,760 returns · published 27 August 20262014 Q3: 14,509 returns · published 27 August 20262014 Q4: 14,570 returns · published 27 August 20262015 Q1: 14,540 returns · published 27 August 20262015 Q2: 14,789 returns · published 27 August 20262015 Q3: 15,595 returns · published 27 August 20262015 Q4: 16,289 returns · published 27 August 20262016 Q1: 15,137 returns · published 27 August 20262016 Q2: 14,605 returns · published 27 August 20262016 Q3: 14,418 returns · published 27 August 20262016 Q4: 14,133 returns · published 27 August 20262017 Q1: 13,905 returns · published 27 August 20262017 Q2: 11,912 returns · published 27 August 20262017 Q3: 13,005 returns · published 27 August 20262017 Q4: 12,418 returns · published 27 August 20262018 Q1: 11,656 returns · published 27 August 20262018 Q2: 10,456 returns · published 27 August 20262018 Q3: 11,036 returns · published 27 August 20262018 Q4: 11,445 returns · published 27 August 20262019 Q1: 10,439 returns · published 27 August 20262019 Q2: 9,237 returns · published 27 August 20262019 Q3: 9,011 returns · published 27 August 20262019 Q4: 9,549 returns · published 27 August 20262020 Q1: 7,283 returns · published 27 August 20262020 Q2: 1,501 returns · published 27 August 20262020 Q3: 4,560 returns · published 27 August 20262020 Q4: 5,184 returns · published 27 August 20262021 Q1: 4,785 returns · published 27 August 20262021 Q2: 7,351 returns · published 27 August 20262021 Q3: 8,465 returns · published 27 August 20262021 Q4: 8,308 returns · published 27 August 20262022 Q1: 8,882 returns · published 27 August 20262022 Q2: 8,911 returns · published 27 August 20262022 Q3: 10,086 returns · published 27 August 20262022 Q4: 10,472 returns · published 27 August 20262023 Q1: 11,926 returns · published 27 August 20262023 Q2: 12,403 returns · published 27 August 20262023 Q3: 13,729 returns · published 27 August 20262023 Q4: 13,521 returns · published 27 August 20262024 Q1: 13,810 returns · published 27 August 20262024 Q2: 13,959 returns · published 27 August 20262024 Q3: 15,262 returns · published 27 August 20262024 Q4: 15,184 returns · published 27 August 20262025 Q1: 14,644 returns · published 27 August 20262025 Q2: 13,309 returns · published 27 August 20262025 Q3: 14,863 returns · published 27 August 20262025 Q4: 15,253 returns · published 27 August 20262026 Q1: 14,541 returns · published 27 August 20262026 Q2: 14,594 returns · published 27 August 2026
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What this measures

The number of returns from the UK in each quarter across all return types (enforced, voluntary and refused entry at port and subsequently departed), split by whether the destination was the person's home country, an EU member state or another country.

What this doesn’t measure

Enforced or voluntary returns alone, or the specific destination country. The total includes people refused entry at port, which the summary enforced and voluntary series exclude.

Important caveat

Returns summed from the Home Office detailed dataset. Enforced and voluntary returns exclude people refused entry at port who subsequently departed; the destination-group breakdown covers all three return type groups. Figures for the most recent seven quarters are provisional and voluntary returns in particular are revised upwards as departures are identified later. Destination labels are kept exactly as published, so "Home country" and "Home Country" are separate values in older data.

Revision history

No period of this series has been revised since it was first ingested here. Revisions are recorded automatically when a later release publishes a different figure for the same period.

Source

Publisher
Home Office
Publication
Immigration system statistics: returns detailed datasets
Release
Year ending June 2026, published 27 August 2026
Source file
returns-datasets-jun-2026.xlsx
File SHA-256
7c16d6e2a68ff4866562cde5e96a719013995ca45165c1ff3c547f795ab85e3f
Retrieved
2 September 2026
Sheet
Data_Ret_D01
Table
Ret_D01
Row
all rows
Column
Number of returns
Cell value
sum of 2573 rows
Geography
United Kingdom
Unit
returns
API
/api/metrics/returns_by_destination_group · /series · /vintages

Related metrics

Government periods

Change during each government, from the level inherited to the last complete period before it left office. Describes the period; does not attribute cause.

Labour 2024–13,9592024 Q214,5942026 Q2↑ 4.5%
Conservative 2019–20249,0112019 Q313,9592024 Q2↑ 54.9%
Conservative 2017–201913,9052017 Q19,0112019 Q3↓ 35.2%
Conservative 2015–201714,5402015 Q113,9052017 Q1↓ 4.4%
Coalition 2010–201516,8702010 Q114,5402015 Q1↓ 13.8%
Labour 2005–201013,9022005 Q116,8702010 Q1↑ 21.3%

Full comparison with chart

Release
Year ending June 2026 · publication page
Last updated
27 August 2026
Next scheduled release
26 November 2026 (official date)