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This figure has fallen from 115,000 in the year to June 2023 to 80,000 in the year to June 2024, while the number of main applicants for study visas is broadly unchanged (302,000 and 295,000 ...
– Estimated net migration to the UK stood at a provisional total of 685,000 in the year to December 2023, down 10% from a revised record of 764,000 for the year to December 2022.
The main driver behind the jump in non-EU immigration is the number of migrants coming to the UK for work.
A 2010 estimate for the whole of the UK shows that 4.76 million people (7.7 per cent) were born outside the EU and 2.24 million (3.6 per cent) were born in another EU member state. [12] The Office for National Statistics produces annual estimates of the size of the UK population by country of birth, based on the Annual Population Survey. The ...
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. Of the 1,218,000 immigrants who came to the UK in 2023, only 126,000 were citizens of EU member states. [6]
Net migration hit a higher than previously thought record of 906,000 last year, after figures were revised upwards by more than 150,000. Net migration hit a higher than previously thought record ...
In 2019, Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledged to reduce net migration to the UK (the number of people immigrating minus the number emigrating) below 250,000 per year. [3] Net migration to the UK reached a record high of 764,000 in 2022, [4] with immigration at 1.26 million and emigration at 493,000. [5]
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 ...