# Deported.co.uk — LLMs.txt
# Full site index for AI agents and language models.
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# GENERATED FILE — edit scripts/gen-llms.py, not this. Figures come from
# public_html/data/ so they cannot fall behind the site.

> Deported.co.uk compiles UK immigration, deportation and returns data from official
> government sources (Home Office, Ministry of Justice, ONS, DWP, MHCLG) in one place.
> All data is factual, impartial, and sourced. Contact: contact@deported.co.uk

## Core Data Pages

- [Latest Figures (rolling 12 months)](https://www.deported.co.uk/latest/): 40,611 returns in the year ending June 2026 (9,670 enforced, 30,941 voluntary). The freshest 12-month total, which is the basis the Home Office headlines on release day. [Markdown](https://www.deported.co.uk/latest.md)
- [Returns & Deportation](https://www.deported.co.uk/returns/): UK returns 2004–2025. 39,722 returns in 2025 (enforced + voluntary) including 9,908 enforced returns; 18,356 port refusals counted separately. [Markdown](https://www.deported.co.uk/returns.md)
- [Foreign National Offenders](https://www.deported.co.uk/foreign-national-offenders/): 10,131 foreign nationals in UK prisons. 5,732 FNO deportations in 2025. 21,294 living in the community awaiting deportation (2026 Q2). [Markdown](https://www.deported.co.uk/foreign-national-offenders.md)
- [Revisions Ledger](https://www.deported.co.uk/revisions/): How published figures have been restated between releases: 5 restatements recorded since 2026-03-30. Only publisher restatements are listed. [Markdown](https://www.deported.co.uk/revisions.md)
- [Why People Are Not Deported](https://www.deported.co.uk/not-deported/): Appeal success rates, the tribunal backlog and the legal barriers to removal, explained. [Markdown](https://www.deported.co.uk/not-deported.md)
- [Appeals Backlog](https://www.deported.co.uk/appeals/): 151,767 open immigration appeals; 87,450 asylum appeals pending. [Markdown](https://www.deported.co.uk/appeals.md)
- [Cost of Deportation](https://www.deported.co.uk/costs/): £48,800 per enforced removal vs £4,300 voluntary. Official Home Office figures FY 2024/25. [Markdown](https://www.deported.co.uk/costs.md)
- [Asylum Statistics](https://www.deported.co.uk/asylum/): Applications, grant rates and outcomes. Grant rate at initial decision 38% in the year ending June 2026 (42% in calendar 2025). 40,168 awaiting an initial decision. 41,472 small boat arrivals in 2025. [Markdown](https://www.deported.co.uk/asylum.md)
- [Foreign Nationals and Benefits](https://www.deported.co.uk/benefits/): 1,270,734 Universal Credit claimants held an immigration status (15.2% of all claimants, 2026-05). Social housing lettings by nationality; NRPF explained. [Markdown](https://www.deported.co.uk/benefits.md)
- [Asylum Accommodation Costs](https://www.deported.co.uk/accommodation/): £170/night hotels vs £27 dispersal. £4bn spend. £15.3bn contract forecast. [Markdown](https://www.deported.co.uk/accommodation.md)
- [Asylum Accommodation by Council](https://www.deported.co.uk/councils/): League table of 346 local authorities. 93,293 people supported; 16,021 in hotels as at 2026-06-30. Postcode lookup and CSV download. [Markdown](https://www.deported.co.uk/councils.md)
- [UK vs Europe](https://www.deported.co.uk/europe/): Eurostat returns for 33 countries to 2025; EU27 total 156,000. Explains why UK and Eurostat figures are not directly comparable. [Markdown](https://www.deported.co.uk/europe.md)
- [Labour Market](https://www.deported.co.uk/labour-market/): 27:1 non-EU vs UK under-25 hiring ratio. 957,000 NEET. Net migration 171,000. [Markdown](https://www.deported.co.uk/labour-market.md)
- [Returns by Nationality](https://www.deported.co.uk/nationality/): Searchable profiles for 100+ nationalities — returns, prison population, per-capita rates, and offence profiles where the Home Office publishes them. [Markdown](https://www.deported.co.uk/nationality.md)
- [Sponsor Register](https://www.deported.co.uk/sponsored-workers/): 127,453 organisations licensed to sponsor overseas workers (142,973 route licences), register edition 2026-08-27. Searchable by city and route. [Markdown](https://www.deported.co.uk/sponsored-workers.md)
- [Immigration Enforcement](https://www.deported.co.uk/enforcement/): Illegal working raids, 2,380 civil penalties worth £135.4m in the latest year, named employers fined, 4,732 sponsor licences revoked. [Markdown](https://www.deported.co.uk/enforcement.md)

## Live Trackers

These pages update daily or weekly, ahead of the quarterly statistics cycle.

- [Quick Facts](https://www.deported.co.uk/quick-facts/): Headline numbers from every dataset on one page. Updated as each official release lands. [Markdown](https://www.deported.co.uk/quick-facts.md)
- [Small Boat Crossings Tracker](https://www.deported.co.uk/small-boats/): Daily Channel crossings. 15,897 arrivals in 2026 so far; year-on-year comparison; French preventions. Updated daily. [Markdown](https://www.deported.co.uk/small-boats.md)
- [Pledge Tracker](https://www.deported.co.uk/pledges/): Government migration pledges against the data: hotels to zero by 2029, returns since the election, net migration, one in one out. [Markdown](https://www.deported.co.uk/pledges.md)
- [Release Calendar](https://www.deported.co.uk/releases/): Upcoming official statistics releases with dates and what each one updates. [Markdown](https://www.deported.co.uk/releases.md)
- [Release-Day Briefings](https://www.deported.co.uk/briefings/): Same-day key-figure briefings for each official release, every figure referenced to its source table.
- [Weekly News Digest](https://www.deported.co.uk/news/): New publications, parliamentary questions, judgments and petitions. Updated weekly. [Markdown](https://www.deported.co.uk/news.md)

## Context and Analysis

- [Policy Timeline](https://www.deported.co.uk/policy-timeline/): Why UK immigration rose from 224k to 906k. 18 annotated policy decisions 2001–2025. [Markdown](https://www.deported.co.uk/policy-timeline.md)
- [Party Policies](https://www.deported.co.uk/party-policies/): Labour, Conservative, Reform UK, Restore Britain, Lib Dems, Greens compared across 10 policy areas. [Markdown](https://www.deported.co.uk/party-policies.md)
- [Methodology & Definitions](https://www.deported.co.uk/methodology/): Exact Home Office definitions (returns = enforced + voluntary; port refusals separate; FNO subset), revisions policy, update cadence, citation guidance, OGL v3 licence. [Markdown](https://www.deported.co.uk/methodology.md)
- [Story packs for journalists](https://www.deported.co.uk/press/packs/): One-page PDF briefings, print-resolution chart images, CSVs and sourced key figures per topic; free for reuse with attribution.

## Annual Reviews

- [2025 Annual Review](https://www.deported.co.uk/2025/): Full calendar year 2025 data. [Markdown](https://www.deported.co.uk/2025.md)
- [2024 Annual Review](https://www.deported.co.uk/2024/): Full calendar year 2024. Rwanda scrapped. [Markdown](https://www.deported.co.uk/2024.md)

- [Map: asylum accommodation across the UK](https://www.deported.co.uk/map/): choropleth by local authority + official large sites.

## Machine-Readable
- [Get the Data](https://www.deported.co.uk/datasets/): Downloadable JSON/CSV datasets with direct links, per-file updated dates, cadence and sources. All OGL v3, free with attribution. [Markdown](https://www.deported.co.uk/datasets.md)
- [RSS feed](https://www.deported.co.uk/feed.xml): weekly digest + release-day briefings.

- [sitemap.xml](https://www.deported.co.uk/sitemap.xml): XML sitemap of all pages
- [robots.txt](https://www.deported.co.uk/robots.txt): Crawler permissions
- Each page has a `.md` equivalent at the same path (e.g. `/returns.md`)

## Data Sources

Home Office Immigration System Statistics (quarterly) | MoJ Offender Management Statistics |
MoJ Tribunals Statistics | Home Office migration transparency data | Eurostat |
DWP Stat-Xplore | MHCLG Social Housing Lettings | ONS Long-term International Migration |
ONS NEET Bulletin | National Audit Office | House of Commons Library |
Migration Observatory (Oxford) | Centre for Social Justice / HMRC payroll data

Returns data runs to the year ending June 2026.
Next Home Office quarterly release: 2026-08-27 (year ending June 2026).
Tracker pages update more often: /small-boats/ and /quick-facts/ daily; /news/ weekly;
/releases/ weekly. Full release schedule at /releases/.