A report by the independent family returns panel reveals that of the 1,470 families who left the country between 2014 and 2016 because they no longer had a right to be in the country, 1,323 did so voluntarily, 89 families with "assisted voluntary return" for families and children, and 14 families at the forceable "required return" stage.
This means 97 per cent of families who left the country did so without the need for an ensured return, compared with 76 per cent in between 2012 and 2014, and 51 per cent in 2011/12.
The panel's report states that there is also a positive trend of smaller numbers of families being arrested as part of the returns process as well as a significantly greater proportion of families returning voluntarily or with assistance.
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