The number of people entering detention in #2016 decreased by 11% to 28,908 from 32,447 in the previous year.
Over the same period there was a 14% decrease in those people leaving detention (from 33,226 to 28,661). The proportion of detainees being returned or voluntarily departing the UK on leaving detention increased slightly from 45% in 2015 to 47% in 2016. Conversely, the proportion of detainees granted temporary admission or release (TA/TR) decreased slightly from 43% to 42%.
As at the end of December 2016, 2,738 people were in detention, 5% more than the number recorded at the end of December 2015 (2,607).
▻https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2016/detention?platform=hootsuite
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