The statistics requested by the Deputy are detailed in the table. The statistics requested relate only to the number of children, not applications, whose parents were subject to a Court Order to return their children plus those who agreed to voluntarily return the children. It should be noted that some applications are withdrawn and others are resolved by different arrangements including access. Since these statistics are not normally published, in order to mitigate against the possibility of individual identities being associated where single cases are involved, in such instances, these have been aggregated into an “other countries” category.
Year
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Children brought to the State and returned to their habitual residence
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Children taken out of the State and returned to the State
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Total
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2010
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24 (of which 9 to England & Wales; 6 to Latvia; 4 to Poland; 5 to other countries)
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39 (of which 25 to England & Wales; 2 to France; 2 to Scotland; 2 to South Africa; 2 to Sweden; 2 to USA; 4 to other countries)
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63
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2011
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23 (of which 2 to Australia; 14 to England & Wales; 4 to Latvia; 3 to other countries)
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34 ( of which 23 to England & Wales; 2 to Germany; 3 to Scotland; 6 to other countries)
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57
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2012
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34 (of which 21 to England & Wales); 4 to Poland; 2 to Germany; 7 to other countries)
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12 (of which 5 to England & Wales; 2 to Northern Ireland; 5 to other countries)
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46
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2013
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8 (of which 7 to England & Wales; 1 to other country)
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11 ( of which 4 to England & Wales; 2 to South Africa; 3 to Spain; 2 to other countries)
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19
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