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– 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 figure for ...
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 ...
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]
ONS has identified several limitations in current data sources, and is currently developing new approaches to producing migration statistics to address them. This is likely to lead to substantial changes in official migration data between now and 2023. The foreign-born will include some people who are born abroad to UK citizen parents.
The main driver behind the jump in non-EU immigration is the number of migrants coming to the UK for work.
This figure is 20% lower than at the same point of time in 2022, with the month of August seeing a 38% reduction in crossings compared to 2022 (8,631 migrants in 2022 compared to 5,369 in 2023). [52] By the middle of November 2023, the number of people arriving by small boat crossings has continued to fall with a 33% reduction recorded compared ...
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 ...
Net migration takes into account the amount of people arriving in the UK, minus those who leave, and in 2022 the figure was a record 606,000. Latest migration figures expected to show further ...