The following table shows the number of nationals of Sri Lanka removed or departed voluntarily from May 2009 to September 2009, by type of departure.
Figures for the fourth quarter of 2009 will be published on 25 February 2010.
The Home Office publishes statistics on the number of persons removed or departed voluntarily from the UK on a quarterly and annual basis, which are available from the Library of the House and from the Home Office’s Research, Development and Statistics website at:
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/immigration-asylum-stats.html
Number of departures2 May 20093 June 20093 July 20093 August 20093 September 20093 Total3 Removals and voluntary departures, nationals of Sri Lanka 50 45 55 60 40 250 Of which: Enforced removals and notified voluntary departures 15 10 20 15 10 70 Assisted voluntary returns4 10 15 15 10 15 65 Other voluntary departures 5 - 10 15 5 40 Non-asylum cases refused entry at port and subsequently removed5 20 20 10 20 10 75 1 Figures are rounded to the nearest 5 (-= 0, *= 1 or 2) and may not sum to the totals shown because of independent rounding. 2 Removals and voluntary departures recorded on the system as at the dates on which the data extracts were taken. 3 Provisional figures. Figures will under record due to data cleansing and data matching exercises that take place after the extracts are taken. 4 Persons leaving under Assisted Voluntary Return programmes run by the International Organization for Migration. May include some on-entry cases and some cases where enforcement action has been initiated. 5 Figures include persons departing voluntarily after enforcement action had been initiated against them, cases dealt with at juxtaposed controls, removals performed by Immigration Officers at ports using enforcement powers and since 2005 a small number of cases who it has been established left the UK without informing the immigration authorities.