Home Office · nationality: Nigeria

People in immigration detention: Nigeria

at 30 June 2026

37people

People in immigration detention for Nigeria was 37 people at 30 June 2026, up 15.6% (5) on the period before.

  1. Home Office dataset
  2. Data_Det_D02
  3. all rows; Nationality=Nigeria
  4. column “People
  5. sum of 19 rows per period
  6. published 27 August 2026

March 2010 to June 2026

People in immigration detention by nationality: March 2010 to June 2026LabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour01002003002010201520202025March 2010: 260 people · published 27 August 2026June 2010: 267 people · published 27 August 2026September 2010: 237 people · published 27 August 2026December 2010: 246 people · published 27 August 2026March 2011: 248 people · published 27 August 2026June 2011: 218 people · published 27 August 2026September 2011: 213 people · published 27 August 2026December 2011: 166 people · published 27 August 2026March 2012: 218 people · published 27 August 2026June 2012: 242 people · published 27 August 2026September 2012: 247 people · published 27 August 2026December 2012: 206 people · published 27 August 2026March 2013: 202 people · published 27 August 2026June 2013: 202 people · published 27 August 2026September 2013: 252 people · published 27 August 2026December 2013: 169 people · published 27 August 2026March 2014: 152 people · published 27 August 2026June 2014: 188 people · published 27 August 2026September 2014: 314 people · published 27 August 2026December 2014: 272 people · published 27 August 2026March 2015: 266 people · published 27 August 2026June 2015: 219 people · published 27 August 2026September 2015: 236 people · published 27 August 2026December 2015: 173 people · published 27 August 2026March 2016: 203 people · published 27 August 2026June 2016: 195 people · published 27 August 2026September 2016: 196 people · published 27 August 2026December 2016: 167 people · published 27 August 2026March 2017: 202 people · published 27 August 2026June 2017: 212 people · published 27 August 2026September 2017: 165 people · published 27 August 2026December 2017: 150 people · published 27 August 2026March 2018: 173 people · published 27 August 2026June 2018: 115 people · published 27 August 2026September 2018: 80 people · published 27 August 2026December 2018: 61 people · published 27 August 2026March 2019: 57 people · published 27 August 2026June 2019: 63 people · published 27 August 2026September 2019: 87 people · published 27 August 2026December 2019: 65 people · published 27 August 2026March 2020: 21 people · published 27 August 2026June 2020: 13 people · published 27 August 2026September 2020: 16 people · published 27 August 2026December 2020: 23 people · published 27 August 2026March 2021: 21 people · published 27 August 2026June 2021: 23 people · published 27 August 2026September 2021: 23 people · published 27 August 2026December 2021: 22 people · published 27 August 2026March 2022: 24 people · published 27 August 2026June 2022: 51 people · published 27 August 2026September 2022: 26 people · published 27 August 2026December 2022: 23 people · published 27 August 2026March 2023: 29 people · published 27 August 2026June 2023: 28 people · published 27 August 2026September 2023: 21 people · published 27 August 2026December 2023: 31 people · published 27 August 2026March 2024: 37 people · published 27 August 2026June 2024: 26 people · published 27 August 2026September 2024: 43 people · published 27 August 2026December 2024: 37 people · published 27 August 2026March 2025: 62 people · published 27 August 2026June 2025: 41 people · published 27 August 2026September 2025: 29 people · published 27 August 2026December 2025: 32 people · published 27 August 2026March 2026: 32 people · published 27 August 2026June 2026: 37 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