US EditionUK net migration fell to 431,000 in 2024, almost half the 2023 total, ONS estimates
- The Office for National Statistics revealed that net migration to the UK decreased to approximately 431,000 in 2024, which is nearly half of the 860,000 recorded in the previous year.
- This decline followed new visa restrictions introduced by the Conservative government and tough policies unveiled by Prime Minister Keir Starmer in May 2024.
- The fall reflected fewer arrivals on work and study visas and an 11 percent rise in emigration, especially by visa holders leaving the UK during the same period.
- Mary Gregory from the ONS reported that net migration has declined by nearly 50% compared to the prior year, largely due to a reduction in the number of individuals arriving for work and study, especially student dependants.
- The decrease marks the largest annual drop since the pandemic, boosting Starmer politically, though critics note numbers remain high and migration remains a contested issue.
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Ten days ago, Britain’s prime minister, Keir Starmer, vowed to take “back control of our borders,” warning that uncontrolled immigration could result in the country “becoming an island of strangers, not a nation that walks forward together.” On Thursday, the government estimated that net migration had dropped by almost half in 2024 compared to 2023, to 431,000, suggesting that Britain’s recent period of soaring immigration was ebbing, and perhap…
Net Migration Halves in a Year, But Still Far Higher Than Pre-Pandemic: ONS
Net migration nearly halved in the course of one year, but still remains far higher than in the previous years before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). In the year to December 2024, the difference between the number of people moving to the UK and leaving was an estimated 431,000, down 49.9 percent from 860,000 the year before, the largest numerical drop in any 12-month period. The ONS’s di…
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