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The fall in immigration has been driven by a drop in the number of dependants, or family members, arriving on study visas.
Reasons for migration are changing, with a rise in arrivals to work and a drop in arrivals on study and humanitarian grounds.
Net migration to the UK hit a higher than previously thought record of 906,000 in the year to June 2023, revised official estimates show. ... the 12 months to June 2024, and now stands at 728,000 ...
In 2021, net migration to the UK was 488,000, [85] [86] up from 184,000 in 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic. [87] Net migration to the UK reached a record high of 764,000 in 2022, with immigration at 1.26 million and emigration at 493,000. [7] Most of the migrants came from non-EU countries, including India, Nigeria, China and Pakistan.
The World Migration Report 2022, the eleventh in the series, retains the same structure as its predecessors, and has the aim “to set out in clear and accurate terms the changes occurring in migration and mobility globally.” [4] The first part of the report consists of four chapters, which provide updated migration statistics at the global ...
Net migration to the UK in the year to June 2023 has been revised up from an initial estimate of 740,000 to an estimated record 906,000, while the total for the year to December 2023 has been ...
On 14 August, government figures showed that 20,000 people had crossed the channel in small boats since the start of the year. They stated 60,000 were expected to make the crossing in 2022. [45] On 22 August, a total of 1,295 migrants crossed the Channel in 27 boats, setting a new record for crossings in a single day. [46]
The ONS figures also highlighted the challenge of Britain’s ageing population, with the number of people aged over 85 projected to nearly double to 3.3 million by 2047.