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<p>The Home Office record the number of all individuals referred to the National Referral
Mechanism (NRM) and this information is published Quarterly by the National Crime
Agency. This information does not distinguish between those detained under immigration
powers and those living in the community.</p><p>The reason for this is two-fold, firstly
because the NRM referral is not an immigration route by which individuals should regularise
their stay in the United Kingdom and secondly, because a person’s status in immigration
detention is not permanent and can change. The use of immigration detention in all
cases is subject to regular reviews and consequently, a change in circumstance may
result in a different consideration. It is quite possible that an immigration detainee
is referred to the National Referral Mechanism during a detention period and is released
into the community at any point during that process.</p><p>As in the response to HL11381,
the Home Office do not hold centralised records of immigration detainees referred
to the National Referral Mechanism. As such, this information could only be obtained
at disproportionate costs.</p>
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