Asylum-related returns during the Conservative 2019–2024 government
2018 → 2023 · 5 periods
↑ 64.0%+2,542 returns
Asylum-related returns rose by 64.0% over the period, from 3,971 returns (2018, the level when the government took office) to 6,513 (2023, the last complete period before it left office).
Inherited level 2018: 3,971
Level when it left 2023: 6,513
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.