The UK releases figures identifying countries whose nationals are most frequently returned through deportation or enforced removal over the last five years. According to the reported data, the number of enforced returns rises by 21%, reaching 9,914 after pandemic-era declines.
The outlets describe the overall trend as a recovery in enforced returns after COVID-19 disruptions. Both accounts also state that nationals from a small set of countries account for a large share of recent enforced returns, though the exact number of countries highlighted differs between sources. Legit.ng refers to a top five list, while Vanguard focuses on the top four countries, reflecting variations in how the rankings are presented.
Overall, the reporting aligns on the direction of change—an increase from the lower levels during the pandemic—and on the existence of a ranked group of countries associated with the highest counts of enforced removals. The specifics of which countries appear in the lists depend on the outlet’s presentation of the underlying UK data, as both cite the same general dataset and time period.
