Written Question·Home Office·UIN 74963

Migrants: Detainees

Tabled: 4 September 2025
Answered: 12 September 2025

Question

Rupert Lowe

Restore Britain — Great Yarmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many detainees have absconded from immigration detention in each year since 2020.

Answer

Alex Norris
Immigration Removal Centres (IRCs) are used flexibly to detain foreign nationals liable for removal from the UK. This includes time-served foreign national offenders, immigration offenders and those who have arrived in the UK illegally. As of 1 September,...
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