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Immigration statistics, year ending June 2021

Quarterly and annual statistics relating to those: coming to the UK, extending their stay, gaining citizenship, applying for asylum, and being detained or removed, as well as immigration for work, study and family reasons, including new visa routes where these are operational.

• From: Home Office
• Published: 26 August 2021
• Last updated: 26 August 2021
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  1. 26 August 2021

     ‘Why do people come to the UK? To work’ – Table 2, Pakistan data was labelled as United States, United States data was labelled as Pakistan, this has been corrected. ‘Why do people come to the UK? To study’ – historic text from the previous quarter ‘When we compare a full year since the beginning of UK travel restrictions we must look at the number of Sponsored study visas granted in the year ending March 2020 (298,259) to the year ending March 2021 (250,683), which shows a decrease of 47,576 (16%)’ has been removed.

  2. 26 August 2021

     First published.

Documents

Overview of the immigration system

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Summary of latest statistics

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How many people come to the UK each year (including visitors)?

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Why do people come to the UK? To work

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Why do people come to the UK? To study

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Why do people come to the UK? For family reasons

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How many people do we grant asylum or protection to?

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How many people continue their stay in the UK or apply to stay permanently?

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How many people are detained or returned?

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Asylum claims on the basis of sexual orientation 2020

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About this release

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List of tables

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Pre-release access list for: Immigration statistics, year ending June 2021

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Details

Immigration statistics, year ending June 2021: data tables.

This release presents immigration statistics from Home Office administrative sources, covering the period up to the end of June 2021. It includes data on the topics of:

• work
• study
• family
• passenger arrivals and visitors
• asylum
• extensions of stay
• settlement
• citizenship
• detention
• returns

Further information

User Guide to Home Office Immigration Statistics
Policy and legislative changes affecting migration to the UK: timeline
Developments in migration statistics
Publishing detailed datasets in Immigration statistics

A range of key input and impact indicators are currently published by the Home Office on the Migration transparency data webpage.

If you have feedback or questions, our email address is MigrationStatsEnquiries@homeoffice.gov.uk.