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Undocumented Migrants: China

Asked by Alex SobelLabour (Co-op)Home OfficeTabled Answered 19 May 2026UIN 1688

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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many migrants from the People’s Republic of China have been removed to that country since May 2015.

Answered by Mike Tapp

The Home Office publishes data on returns in the ‘Immigration System Statistics quarterly release’. Data on returns of Chinese nationals to their home country can be found in table Ret_D01 of the ‘Returns detailed datasets’.

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