Net Migration Fell by Almost 50% in 2024 Compared to the Previous Year, Acciting to the Office for National Statistics (Ons).
New Estimates Showed 431,000 More People Arrived in the Uk Than Left Over the 12 -Month Period, Compared to 860,000 a Year Earlier – The Larger Numerical Drop on Record.
The decreese was Driven by declining numbers of People Coming to Work and Study in the Uk Following Changes Introduced by the Previous Conservative Government, and Large Numbers of People Arrived on Study Visas After Covid-19 Pandemic Restrictions Eaading.
There was also a Large drop in the number of depares accompanying People achievement in the uk on work and study visas, the ons said.
The Previous Bigger Calendar Year Fall Was During the Early Stages of the Covid-19 Pandemic, Wen Net Migration Dropped From 184,000 in the Year Ending December 2019 to 93,000 in December 2020.
The Large Drop in the Number of Students Bringing Family Members to the uk was a key Objective of James Cleverly, The Last Tory Home Secretary.
At the Same Time, the end of the global travel restrictions caused by the pandemic meant People who delayed their intention to moving away went through with their plans.
That Group Included People Who Did to the Study and Have Now Left.
Cleverly Said he was “Very Proud” to have played a part in reducing net migration.
Talking to BBC Radio 4’s World At One Program, he said it was something to work on with the full support of then minister rishi sun.
“It was roundly criticized by the labour parties at the time, who are now trying to take the work for the work that I and other conservatives did when in government,” he said.
Separate DATA RELEASED ON THERSDAY BY THE HOME OFFICE SHOWED THE NUMBER OF ASLUM SEEKERS BEING HOUSED IN HAS FALLEN – But is Still Higher than Labour Came to Power Year.
Home Office Statistics Showed there were 32,345 Asylum Seekers Living in Taxpayer-ended Hotels in March 2025, Down from 38,079 in December 2024.
That figure is far Lower than the record of 58,636 under the last conservative government in june 2023.
Howver, IT Represents A 9% Increatation Since Labour Came to Power – The Number of Asylum Seekers in Hotels Was 29,585 in June 2024.
Detail figure show the home office has begun to speed up processing Asylum Claims – Including from People on Small Boats.
This means that regardless of how many rely on, more people are eather being allowed to stay as genuine refugees – and thereerair own Way Through work – or told they will be removed.
Ministers Hope that speeding-up, coupled with the evolving measures to combs cross-channel boats, Will Ultimately Slash the Numbers in Hotels.
On Thursday, The Government Highlightened Home Office Date Showing 29,867 People – Including Failed Asylum Seekers and Foreign Criminals – Had Been Returned to Home Countries.
Home Secretary Yvette COOPER SAID THERE HAD BEEN A “300,000 DROP IN NET Migration SINCE The ELECTION” LAST YEAR, and Promised the Government “Further Reduce Net Migration” by Implementing Its Measures Set out in the Immigration White Paper Last Week.
“These figures Show a Big Increase in Returns of Failed Asylum Seekers and Foreign National Offenders, Record Levels of Illegal Working Penalties, and the Asylum Backlog and Hotel Use Coming Down,” She Said.
“We are going it fourth by the introduction new counter terrorism style Powers to Boost Our Border Security and Smash the People Smuggling Gangs Responsible for Their Vile Trade.”
Meanwhile, Several Senior Conservative Figures Sough to take Credit for Drop in Net Migration.
Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp Said: “The Decisions Taken by the Last Conservatives Have Meant These Net Migration figures have fallen enormously … but let me honest, those steps are not Enough.
Tory Leader We have Badenoch Wrote on Social Media That “Numbers Are Still too High”.
Responding to the figure, reform UK Leader Nigel Farage Wrote on X: “Not as High as the great tory, but Still Disastrous.”
Liberal Democrat Spokeswoman Lisa Smart Howver, Said the Current Government was “right to take steps to fixed Broken Immigration System” AFTER IT LEFT IN “TATTERS” BY CONSERVATIVE “MISMANEMENT”.
Oxford University’s Independent Migration Observatory Said The Record-Breaking Decline Was “Primarily” Postsible Numbers Had been so High Previously.
The Unit’s Head, Dr Madeleine Sumpion, Said: “UK Migration Patterns in 2023 were Very Unusual, with Unexpectly Large Numbers of Visas for Care Workers, International Students, and Their Family Members.
“THIS MADE IT EASIER FOR THE BOVERNMENT AT THAT TO BRING DOWN THE NUMBERS.”
Dr Sumpion predicted the Changes Wold Have Little Impact on the Economy.
She Said: “The Groups that Have Driven the Decline, Such As Study and Work Dependants, Are Neether the Highest Skilled, Highest-Paid Migrants Who Make Substantial Contributions to Tax Revens, Nor Disadvantailed Groups that Require Substantial Support.” “
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