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People entering immigration detention: record highs and lows

The extremes of people entering immigration detention as published by Home Office, across the 18 periods held here (2010 to Year ending June 2026). Each record is a published figure, not a computed one, and the scope is this series — not “ever”.

Highest published

32,4472015

Lowest published

14,8672020

The full series

People entering immigration detention: 2010 to Year ending June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour010k20k30k20102015202020252010: 25,904 entries · published 27 August 20262011: 27,089 entries · published 27 August 20262012: 28,905 entries · published 27 August 20262013: 30,418 entries · published 27 August 20262014: 30,364 entries · published 27 August 20262015: 32,447 entries · published 27 August 20262016: 28,903 entries · published 27 August 20262017: 27,348 entries · published 27 August 20262018: 24,773 entries · published 27 August 20262019: 24,480 entries · published 27 August 20262020: 14,867 entries · published 27 August 20262021: 24,638 entries · published 27 August 20262022: 20,873 entries · published 27 August 20262023: 18,398 entries · published 27 August 2026Year ending June 2025: 21,675 entries · published 27 August 2026Year ending June 2026: 22,037 entries · published 27 August 2026
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What a record here is, and is not

A record is the extreme of the periods this site holds for the current series, at each period’s newest published release. Earlier series measured under different methods are not compared against it. Money is in cash terms: a record set years ago stands against the money of its own year.