National statistics

Immigration statistics, year ending September 2020

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.

Documents

Details

Immigration statistics, year ending September 2020: data tables.

This release presents immigration statistics from Home Office administrative sources, covering the period up to the end of September 2020. 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.

Published 26 November 2020
Last updated 27 November 2020 + show all updates
  1. In section 'How many people come to the UK each year (including visitors)?’ the text ‘Statistics relating to passenger arrivals since the COVID-19 outbreak, August 2020’ has been amended to ‘Statistics relating to passenger arrivals since the COVID-19 outbreak, November 2020’ and in section 'How many people do we grant asylum or protection to?' the text 'Data on age disputes are published in Asylum applications, initial decisions and resettlement – Asy_D01 and Asy_D02' has been amended to 'Data on age disputes are published in Age disputes Asy_D05'.

  2. First published.