Home Office · nationality: Afghanistan

People in immigration detention: Afghanistan

at 30 June 2026

131people

People in immigration detention for Afghanistan was 131 people at 30 June 2026, up 84.5% (60) on the period before.

  1. Home Office dataset
  2. Data_Det_D02
  3. all rows; Nationality=Afghanistan
  4. column “People
  5. sum of 12 rows per period
  6. published 27 August 2026

March 2010 to June 2026

People in immigration detention by nationality: March 2010 to June 2026LabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0501001502010201520202025March 2010: 149 people · published 27 August 2026June 2010: 181 people · published 27 August 2026September 2010: 159 people · published 27 August 2026December 2010: 173 people · published 27 August 2026March 2011: 132 people · published 27 August 2026June 2011: 142 people · published 27 August 2026September 2011: 173 people · published 27 August 2026December 2011: 118 people · published 27 August 2026March 2012: 191 people · published 27 August 2026June 2012: 122 people · published 27 August 2026September 2012: 197 people · published 27 August 2026December 2012: 145 people · published 27 August 2026March 2013: 155 people · published 27 August 2026June 2013: 137 people · published 27 August 2026September 2013: 113 people · published 27 August 2026December 2013: 156 people · published 27 August 2026March 2014: 159 people · published 27 August 2026June 2014: 134 people · published 27 August 2026September 2014: 121 people · published 27 August 2026December 2014: 138 people · published 27 August 2026March 2015: 139 people · published 27 August 2026June 2015: 140 people · published 27 August 2026September 2015: 147 people · published 27 August 2026December 2015: 67 people · published 27 August 2026March 2016: 66 people · published 27 August 2026June 2016: 114 people · published 27 August 2026September 2016: 124 people · published 27 August 2026December 2016: 100 people · published 27 August 2026March 2017: 105 people · published 27 August 2026June 2017: 91 people · published 27 August 2026September 2017: 94 people · published 27 August 2026December 2017: 42 people · published 27 August 2026March 2018: 61 people · published 27 August 2026June 2018: 43 people · published 27 August 2026September 2018: 36 people · published 27 August 2026December 2018: 38 people · published 27 August 2026March 2019: 28 people · published 27 August 2026June 2019: 36 people · published 27 August 2026September 2019: 43 people · published 27 August 2026December 2019: 38 people · published 27 August 2026March 2020: 18 people · published 27 August 2026June 2020: 11 people · published 27 August 2026September 2020: 19 people · published 27 August 2026December 2020: 14 people · published 27 August 2026March 2021: 16 people · published 27 August 2026June 2021: 18 people · published 27 August 2026September 2021: 37 people · published 27 August 2026December 2021: 8 people · published 27 August 2026March 2022: 15 people · published 27 August 2026June 2022: 32 people · published 27 August 2026September 2022: 85 people · published 27 August 2026December 2022: 5 people · published 27 August 2026March 2023: 5 people · published 27 August 2026June 2023: 10 people · published 27 August 2026September 2023: 6 people · published 27 August 2026December 2023: 9 people · published 27 August 2026March 2024: 12 people · published 27 August 2026June 2024: 9 people · published 27 August 2026September 2024: 6 people · published 27 August 2026December 2024: 4 people · published 27 August 2026March 2025: 3 people · published 27 August 2026June 2025: 3 people · published 27 August 2026September 2025: 46 people · published 27 August 2026December 2025: 29 people · published 27 August 2026March 2026: 71 people · published 27 August 2026June 2026: 131 people · published 27 August 2026

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What this measures

The number of people held in immigration detention on the last day of the quarter, split by nationality. This is a stock, not a flow.

Entries to or exits from detention during the quarter, or people held in prisons under immigration powers before 2017.

Source

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