Home Office · nationality: Sri Lanka

People entering immigration detention: Sri Lanka

4 periods to 2026 Q2

78entries

People entering immigration detention for Sri Lanka totalled 78 entries in the 4 periods to 2026 Q2, up 122.9% (43) on the 4 periods before.

  1. Home Office dataset
  2. Data_Det_D01
  3. all rows; Nationality=Sri Lanka
  4. column “Entering
  5. sum of 13 rows per period
  6. published 27 August 2026

2010 Q1 to 2026 Q2

Entries to immigration detention by nationality: 2010 Q1 to 2026 Q2LabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour010020020102015202020252010 Q1: 85 entries · published 27 August 20262010 Q2: 83 entries · published 27 August 20262010 Q3: 159 entries · published 27 August 20262010 Q4: 240 entries · published 27 August 20262011 Q1: 218 entries · published 27 August 20262011 Q2: 190 entries · published 27 August 20262011 Q3: 283 entries · published 27 August 20262011 Q4: 240 entries · published 27 August 20262012 Q1: 286 entries · published 27 August 20262012 Q2: 210 entries · published 27 August 20262012 Q3: 202 entries · published 27 August 20262012 Q4: 195 entries · published 27 August 20262013 Q1: 199 entries · published 27 August 20262013 Q2: 120 entries · published 27 August 20262013 Q3: 175 entries · published 27 August 20262013 Q4: 219 entries · published 27 August 20262014 Q1: 218 entries · published 27 August 20262014 Q2: 197 entries · published 27 August 20262014 Q3: 252 entries · published 27 August 20262014 Q4: 219 entries · published 27 August 20262015 Q1: 251 entries · published 27 August 20262015 Q2: 188 entries · published 27 August 20262015 Q3: 153 entries · published 27 August 20262015 Q4: 116 entries · published 27 August 20262016 Q1: 92 entries · published 27 August 20262016 Q2: 112 entries · published 27 August 20262016 Q3: 99 entries · published 27 August 20262016 Q4: 82 entries · published 27 August 20262017 Q1: 114 entries · published 27 August 20262017 Q2: 91 entries · published 27 August 20262017 Q3: 95 entries · published 27 August 20262017 Q4: 74 entries · published 27 August 20262018 Q1: 61 entries · published 27 August 20262018 Q2: 57 entries · published 27 August 20262018 Q3: 53 entries · published 27 August 20262018 Q4: 36 entries · published 27 August 20262019 Q1: 60 entries · published 27 August 20262019 Q2: 38 entries · published 27 August 20262019 Q3: 40 entries · published 27 August 20262019 Q4: 47 entries · published 27 August 20262020 Q1: 33 entries · published 27 August 20262020 Q2: 2 entries · published 27 August 20262020 Q3: 14 entries · published 27 August 20262020 Q4: 8 entries · published 27 August 20262021 Q1: 8 entries · published 27 August 20262021 Q2: 23 entries · published 27 August 20262021 Q3: 39 entries · published 27 August 20262021 Q4: 20 entries · published 27 August 20262022 Q1: 25 entries · published 27 August 20262022 Q2: 13 entries · published 27 August 20262022 Q3: 24 entries · published 27 August 20262022 Q4: 11 entries · published 27 August 20262023 Q1: 12 entries · published 27 August 20262023 Q2: 20 entries · published 27 August 20262023 Q3: 12 entries · published 27 August 20262023 Q4: 15 entries · published 27 August 20262024 Q1: 18 entries · published 27 August 20262024 Q2: 12 entries · published 27 August 20262024 Q3: 4 entries · published 27 August 20262024 Q4: 14 entries · published 27 August 20262025 Q1: 5 entries · published 27 August 20262025 Q2: 12 entries · published 27 August 20262025 Q3: 13 entries · published 27 August 20262025 Q4: 16 entries · published 27 August 20262026 Q1: 14 entries · published 27 August 20262026 Q2: 35 entries · published 27 August 2026

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What this measures

The number of times people entered immigration detention in each quarter, split by nationality. Entries count occurrences, not individuals.

The number of distinct people detained, how long they were held, or people in detention at a point in time.

Source

Dataset
Immigration system statistics: immigration detention detailed datasets
Release
Year ending June 2026, published 27 August 2026 · sha256 51b4d9100ad36864
All values
People entering immigration detention by nationality