#net migration

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The coming collapse in immigration to the United Kingdom - UK in a changing Europe

James Bowes analyses the fall in net migration to the UK as a result of government policies and explores some of the political and economic

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People from all over the world settle in Germany. But in 2018, Romanians were the group with the highest net migration.

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Net migration and asylum claims have fallen – here’s what the latest figures tell us

While net migration is on a downward trajectory, it is still positive, meaning that the foreign-born population continues to grow.

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Training more Britons may not cut net migration or plug skills shortages, study finds

Local workers can be difficult to attract because of poor pay and conditions, say researchers

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UK migration could be negative this year – how will that hit the economy?

Universities, builders and health trusts are feeling the squeeze, as thinktank says effect of zero net migration could be similar to Brexit

When Greenwich and Kent universities said this month they would merge to save money, the heart of their financial difficulties could be found in the UK government’s crackdown on immigration. Tough restrictions on foreign students have sent the number of university applications from abroad plummeting, cutting lucrative tuition fees and leaving all universities facing the same squeeze. Companies are in a similar quandary: construction companies, health trusts and care homes are among those with recruitment worries, after new rules curtailed a longstanding reliance on foreign skilled workers. The latest official figures, released this week, documenting the number of visa applications to live and work in the UK showed a further slump in people successfully navigating the new rules. Only three years ago, annual net migration soared to almost 1 million. This year the number of people entering the UK could fall to such an extent that it drops below the number moving in the opposite direction, sending the figure for net migration below zero for the first time since 1993. While the trend may ease pressure on Keir Starmer from Reform UK, for the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, the trend presents a significant headache, hurting both the businesses that rely on immigrants and a loss of expected tax receipts for the Treasury. Last week, the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, a thinktank, likened the effect to Brexit, saying that if net migration fell to zero, it would knock 3.7% off the UK’s annual national income by 2040. According to the Treasury’s economic forecaster, the Office for Budget Responsibility, Brexit has set the economy back by 4%.

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Net migration to UK could rise to 300,000 by end of decade, says government adviser

Chair of migration advisory committee says figure will jump as numbers of overseas students and workers rise again

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Britain adjusts net migration figures following statistics overhaul

Prior to publishing its latest long-term international migration statistics later this month, Britain's Office for National Statistics expla

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Net migration to UK drops 69% year on year, ONS figures show

Figure of 204,000 in 12 months to June 2025 is lowest since 2021, statistics body says

Net migration to the UK has fallen by more than two-thirds to 204,000 in a single year, the lowest annual figure since 2021, according to the latest official statistics. Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures show there was a 69% drop from 649,000 in the number of people immigrating minus the number of people emigrating, in the year to June 2025. Net migration peaked at a record 944,000 in the year to March 2023 as part of the “Boriswave” of foreign workers but has fallen sharply since then. Just under 900,000 people immigrated to the UK between July 2024 and June 2025, down more than 400,000 people on the year before. At the same time, 693,000 people emigrated from the UK, up by 43,000 on the previous year. Separate figures published by the Home Office show the number of asylum seekers being housed in hotels has risen. A total of 36,273 people claiming asylum were living in hotels at the end of September, up 13% on the figure in June. Immigration policies have become key election battlegrounds amid a surge in support for Nigel Farage’s Reform UK.

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