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Home Office · Immigration system statistics: returns detailed datasets

Voluntary returns by nationality

2026 Q2 Provisional

7,318returns

Voluntary returns by nationality were 7,318 returns in 2026 Q2, up 6.8% (469) from 6,849 in 2025 Q2.

▲ 6.8% · +469 against 2025 Q2 (same quarter previous year)

  1. Home Office count
  2. 2026 Q2
  3. published 27 August 2026
  4. Ret_D01
  5. row “Return type group=Voluntary return”
  6. column “Number of returns”
  7. cell value sum of 1283 rows

The series is rising. Rule: up 6.8% from 2025 Q2 to 2026 Q2.

2004 Q1 to 2026 Q2

Voluntary returns by nationality: 2004 Q1 to 2026 Q2LabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour03k5k8k200520102015202020252004 Q1: 881 returns · published 27 August 20262004 Q2: 844 returns · published 27 August 20262004 Q3: 996 returns · published 27 August 20262004 Q4: 845 returns · published 27 August 20262005 Q1: 1,463 returns · published 27 August 20262005 Q2: 1,132 returns · published 27 August 20262005 Q3: 2,521 returns · published 27 August 20262005 Q4: 2,485 returns · published 27 August 20262006 Q1: 2,730 returns · published 27 August 20262006 Q2: 3,575 returns · published 27 August 20262006 Q3: 2,765 returns · published 27 August 20262006 Q4: 3,529 returns · published 27 August 20262007 Q1: 4,214 returns · published 27 August 20262007 Q2: 5,078 returns · published 27 August 20262007 Q3: 5,592 returns · published 27 August 20262007 Q4: 5,569 returns · published 27 August 20262008 Q1: 6,027 returns · published 27 August 20262008 Q2: 5,402 returns · published 27 August 20262008 Q3: 7,108 returns · published 27 August 20262008 Q4: 5,819 returns · published 27 August 20262009 Q1: 6,297 returns · published 27 August 20262009 Q2: 6,857 returns · published 27 August 20262009 Q3: 8,069 returns · published 27 August 20262009 Q4: 8,542 returns · published 27 August 20262010 Q1: 8,350 returns · published 27 August 20262010 Q2: 7,977 returns · published 27 August 20262010 Q3: 7,909 returns · published 27 August 20262010 Q4: 7,526 returns · published 27 August 20262011 Q1: 7,827 returns · published 27 August 20262011 Q2: 5,931 returns · published 27 August 20262011 Q3: 7,623 returns · published 27 August 20262011 Q4: 8,707 returns · published 27 August 20262012 Q1: 8,025 returns · published 27 August 20262012 Q2: 7,603 returns · published 27 August 20262012 Q3: 7,494 returns · published 27 August 20262012 Q4: 7,880 returns · published 27 August 20262013 Q1: 7,971 returns · published 27 August 20262013 Q2: 7,815 returns · published 27 August 20262013 Q3: 7,842 returns · published 27 August 20262013 Q4: 8,066 returns · published 27 August 20262014 Q1: 8,122 returns · published 27 August 20262014 Q2: 6,460 returns · published 27 August 20262014 Q3: 6,566 returns · published 27 August 20262014 Q4: 6,667 returns · published 27 August 20262015 Q1: 7,397 returns · published 27 August 20262015 Q2: 7,246 returns · published 27 August 20262015 Q3: 7,810 returns · published 27 August 20262015 Q4: 7,757 returns · published 27 August 20262016 Q1: 7,957 returns · published 27 August 20262016 Q2: 7,038 returns · published 27 August 20262016 Q3: 6,972 returns · published 27 August 20262016 Q4: 6,507 returns · published 27 August 20262017 Q1: 6,465 returns · published 27 August 20262017 Q2: 4,846 returns · published 27 August 20262017 Q3: 5,002 returns · published 27 August 20262017 Q4: 4,666 returns · published 27 August 20262018 Q1: 4,763 returns · published 27 August 20262018 Q2: 3,613 returns · published 27 August 20262018 Q3: 3,742 returns · published 27 August 20262018 Q4: 3,584 returns · published 27 August 20262019 Q1: 3,747 returns · published 27 August 20262019 Q2: 3,168 returns · published 27 August 20262019 Q3: 2,874 returns · published 27 August 20262019 Q4: 2,785 returns · published 27 August 20262020 Q1: 2,313 returns · published 27 August 20262020 Q2: 464 returns · published 27 August 20262020 Q3: 1,175 returns · published 27 August 20262020 Q4: 1,057 returns · published 27 August 20262021 Q1: 854 returns · published 27 August 20262021 Q2: 1,946 returns · published 27 August 20262021 Q3: 2,272 returns · published 27 August 20262021 Q4: 2,280 returns · published 27 August 20262022 Q1: 2,355 returns · published 27 August 20262022 Q2: 2,356 returns · published 27 August 20262022 Q3: 2,991 returns · published 27 August 20262022 Q4: 3,312 returns · published 27 August 20262023 Q1: 4,369 returns · published 27 August 20262023 Q2: 4,840 returns · published 27 August 20262023 Q3: 5,638 returns · published 27 August 20262023 Q4: 5,628 returns · published 27 August 20262024 Q1: 6,206 returns · published 27 August 20262024 Q2: 6,429 returns · published 27 August 20262024 Q3: 7,178 returns · published 27 August 20262024 Q4: 7,038 returns · published 27 August 20262025 Q1: 7,342 returns · published 27 August 20262025 Q2: 6,849 returns · published 27 August 20262025 Q3: 7,577 returns · published 27 August 20262025 Q4: 8,039 returns · published 27 August 20262026 Q1: 8,002 returns · published 27 August 20262026 Q2: 7,318 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.

What this doesn’t measure

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.

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
Return type group=Voluntary return
Column
Number of returns
Cell value
sum of 1283 rows
Geography
United Kingdom
Unit
returns
API
/api/metrics/voluntary_returns_by_nationality · /series · /vintages

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 2024–6,4292024 Q27,3182026 Q2↑ 13.8%
Conservative 2019–20242,8742019 Q36,4292024 Q2↑ 123.7%
Conservative 2017–20196,4652017 Q12,8742019 Q3↓ 55.5%
Conservative 2015–20177,3972015 Q16,4652017 Q1↓ 12.6%
Coalition 2010–20158,3502010 Q17,3972015 Q1↓ 11.4%
Labour 2005–20101,4632005 Q18,3502010 Q1↑ 470.7%

Full comparison with chart

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