Migration to UK Still Near Record Despite Sunak Clampdown
- Prime Minister faces Tory backlash over high immigration
- ONS says too early to tell if fall from December will continue
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A near-record number of long-term migrants came to the UK in the year ending June, laying bare the challenge for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak as he attempts to fulfill his vow of getting migration numbers down.
An estimated 672,000 more people moved to the UK than departed, according to the Office for National Statistics. Data for the year ending December 2022, which was already thought to see a record net number of migrants arrive, was revised up heavily to 745,000.