Net Migration has fallen by half In the first set of Immigration Statistics since head Kir Stamor‘S Labor The government came to power.
From the office of National Statistics, figures, showing the difference between people entering and leaving the UK, which was 431,000 in the year in December 2024 – the lowest rate since June 2021.
Home Secretary Yatete Cooper said that under the conservatives, Chhaya’s Home Secretary Chris Filp said that “the figures are utter to about one million” and welcome, “it is important and welcome,” saying that “the figures are still too much and need to go down a lot”.
While the number mostly covers the period when the Tory government was in power, they come Amidst a fresh labor crack on illegal stay.
Sir Keer has said that migrants have to do “Earn the right” To live in the UK and unveil a body of measures, including strict English requirements, has made it difficult for people to settle here.
What number on migration
Today’s migration figures welcome to Sir Kir and Labor Government, who have committed to bring down the spiral migration numbers – while refusing to put a target number on it.
From December 2023 to 2024, the net migration was a total of 431,000, which was below 860,000 in the same period a year ago.
Overall, long -term immigration – when people move somewhere for more than a year – was at 948,000 up to 30 percent from the previous year.
The latest data suggests that 86 percent of the people coming to the UK are from non-European Union countries, which are unchanged by previous figures.
For citizens of the non-European Union visiting here, this figure is six times higher than the citizens of the European Union, with India (156,000 people) and the highest number of people coming from Pakistan (76,000).
This is followed by China, Nigeria and Ukraine.
The number of Nigerian people entering the UK ranged from just 120,000 to just 52,000 in December from the year to December 2024.
Small boats
The high number of illegal migrants coming to the UK by small boats is a problem for the government.
Different home office figures show that this year 11,800 people have come by small boat.
However, it is much higher than the same period in recent years, suggesting that the number of small boat arrival for 2025 may be higher.
A significant proportion of small boat arrival is coming from Eritrea, 1,291 people are alone from January to March.
According to the home office data released today for the period till March 2025, about the fifth (19 percent) of all arrival was formed in that period.
According to Amnesty, military service remains compulsory and indefinite for people aged 18–40 in Irritria, while sedition is considered to be treason in search of refuge abroad.
Other top countries of origin for small boat migrants are Afghanistan, Sudan, Vietnam and Iran.
Due to migration
The number of people coming to the UK for study was higher than the work, showing figures.
Some 266,000 people moved to the UK in December 2024 for the reasons related to study, while 262,000 people were coming for work.
Both numbers are below the previous periods.
The number of people coming to take shelter was recorded at its highest level, on 95,000, another 51,000 coming to the UK for human reasons.
Recently, Sir Kir is Swims the idea of ​​”Returns Hubs” For those who seek refuge in third-party countries. With this, those who seek asylum can be sent to other countries for processing before they are deported.
No country has been confirmed, but the balcon has been informed as potential sites.
United Nations refugee agency has supported The idea of ​​the return hub; The Toryse’s unsuccessful Rwanda scheme faced widespread criticism over human rights concerns.
