Returns from the UK
Enforced, voluntary, and port returns since 2004; foreign national offender returns since 2010; and the top nationalities for enforced returns in 2025.
Total returns, 2025
56,197
Enforced, voluntary, and port returns combined. 2025 figures are provisional.
FNO returns, 2025
5,634
Foreign national offenders returned, of which 2,769 EU and 2,865 non-EU.
Top nationality, 2025
Albania
2,440 enforced returns in 2025, compared with 2,626 in 2024.
Section 1
Returns by type, 2004 to 2025
The Home Office reports three return categories. Enforced returns are removals carried out by the Home Office. Voluntary returns include assisted, controlled, and other verified departures. Port returns are people refused entry at a UK port who subsequently departed.
UK returns by type, 2004–2025
Stacked: enforced + voluntary + port returns
- Enforced
- Voluntary
- Port
UK Home Office returns by type, 2004 to 2025. 2024 and 2025 are provisional.
Section 2
Foreign national offender returns, 2010 to 2025
Returns of foreign national offenders from the UK, split by EU and non-EU nationality. EU returns peaked in 2017 before falling in the early 2020s; non-EU returns have grown since 2022.
FNO returns from the UK, 2010–2025
Stacked: EU + non-EU nationals
- EU nationals
- Non-EU nationals
Returns of foreign national offenders from the UK, split by EU and non-EU nationality, 2010 to 2025. 2024 and 2025 are provisional.
Section 3
Top 10 nationalities for enforced returns, 2025
The ten nationalities with the most enforced returns in the year ending September 2025, with comparison to 2024. Bars are sorted by 2025 value.
Top 10 nationalities, enforced returns 2025
Compared with 2024, sorted by 2025 value
- 2024
- 2025
Top 10 nationalities by enforced returns from the UK, year ending September 2025, with comparison to 2024. 2024 and 2025 are provisional.
Methodology notes
- In 2020 the Home Office revised returns statistics from 2007 onwards due to improved data-matching and re-categorisation. Pre-2007 figures may not be directly comparable to later years.
- Voluntary return figures for the most recent two years are subject to upward revision as administrative records catch up.
- Returns counts are events, not unique individuals — one person returned twice is counted twice.
- “[p]” denotes provisional in the original release; applies to 2024 and 2025 throughout.
Sources