Asylum-related returns during the Conservative 2015–2017 government
2014 → 2016 · 2 periods
↓ 25.5%−1,749 returns
Asylum-related returns fell by 25.5% over the period, from 6,865 returns (2014, the level when the government took office) to 5,116 (2016, the last complete period before it left office).
Inherited level 2014: 6,865
Level when it left 2016: 5,116
method: latest complete period before start / before end
Changes during this period do not by themselves show what the government caused. Statistics reflect many influences, including earlier decisions, the economy and how the data is collected.
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Definition and caveats
The number of enforced and voluntary returns from the UK in a 12-month period of people who had claimed asylum at some point, including their dependants.
Doesn’t measure: Returns of people who never claimed asylum, or people refused entry at port.