Net migration in the UK are almost halved last year in encouraging sir Keir Starmer While attaching to immigration on offer to reject Nigel Farage and UK Reform.
The National Statistics Office (Ons) said 948,000 people came to Britain 2024. yearsWith 519,000 departure.
431,000 Net migration figures is about half 860,000 levels of net migration seen a year earlier.
Figures still cover the period before Labor entered power, so they Do not count on the impact of measures announced by prime minister This month will reduce the number of people coming to the UK.
Ons said that a sharp decline launched a decline in citizens who are not in the EU coming to the UK at work and student visas. It was added that in citizens outside the EU in a large year in the Great Year compared to work compared to the previous year, which means that 108,000 fewer arrives, which means that 108,000 fewer arrivals.
This occurred with 86 percent in the number of deviations brought into the UK by students, which means 105,000 fewer arrivals, and 35 percent fall depending on the dependence of workers who come to the UK.
There was also a rise in the number of people who came to the UK in student visas leaving the country after the full mitigation of covidal travel constraints, they said.
Net migration climbed a record 906,000 in the year by 2023. year, in the year it was 728,000 in the year until 2024. years. With fewer work and visa study assigned House officeThe total estimated net migration in the UK is expected to fall.
The Prime Minister has already promised to be governmentNew immigration measures will mean the net migration “significantly” in the next four years.
The marked plans include the prohibition of employment workers from abroad, a tightened approach to qualified workers’ visas and stronger English requirements for spouses coming to the UK.
Although Mr. Keir did not set up the goal of how much the government wants to adopt net migration, the parent office estimated that new policies could adopt up to 100,000 immigration decline by 2029. Years.