Newest UK web migration figures to be launchedprinted at 06:52 British Summer time Time
Welcome to our dwell protection forward of the newest UK web migration figures being launched this morning.
Web migration – the variety of individuals coming to the UK, minus the quantity leaving – was 728,000 within the yr to June 2024, in keeping with provisional figures from the Workplace for Nationwide Statistics (ONS).
The Residence Workplace will even launch its quarterly immigration statistics detailing the variety of individuals granted visas, citizenship and asylum within the UK.
Successive governments have tried unsuccessfully to scale back web migration, and Prime Minister Keir Starmer stated the UK dangers changing into an “island of strangers” with out sturdy guidelines on immigration and integration.
Earlier this month, Starmer unveiled plans to chop ranges of immigration into the UK – we’ll carry you extra on these measures shortly.
At the moment’s web migration figures, which will probably be launched at 09:30 BST, are anticipated to point out a fall.
We’re poised to carry you the newest updates and evaluation from our groups throughout the UK, so stick with us.
