Detention
10 children entered detention, held solely under Immigration Act powers in Q1 2011, compared to 229 in Q1 2010
Removals and voluntary departures
In Q1 2011, 14,225 persons were removed or departed voluntarily from the UK, 5 per cent lower than in Q1 2010 (15,040)
Top 10 countries of origin of people seeking asylum in the first quarter of 2011:
Pakistan 495
Sri Lanka 475
Iran 585
China 220
Zimbabwe 220
Nigeria 200
Sudan 190
Somalia 165
Eritrea 165
India 140

The Migration Observatory at Oxford University provides some commentary on the latest statistics, released 26 May.
The suite of information in today's (May 26, 2011)quarterly migration figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) tells us some interesting things - long-term net migration continues to increase, emigration has declined and there has been a substantial rise in immigration of both students and migrants from the former Eastern European nations that joined the EU in 2004 (A8 countries).
But the current focus of the public debate about these statistics is the latest figures for long-term net-migration, which the Government is aiming to reduce to the tens of thousands by the end of parliament.
But this creates a profound problem for public debate and immigration policy: focusing only on long-term net migration - the level of immigration minus emigration of people who intend to migrate for at least one year - risks failing to consider other vital data about migration in the UK - not least, how many migrants are actually here.