Net Migration to Britain Drops Almost 70% After Crackdown
Arrivals in Terminal 2 at Heathrow Airport in London.
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Net migration to the UK fell to its lowest level since the pandemic, a boost for Keir Starmer’s Labour government as it comes under intense pressure to curb the number of foreign nationals coming to the country.
Some 204,000 more people came to the UK for a long-term stay than departed in the 12 months through June, the Office for National Statistics said Thursday. That’s less than a third of 649,000 figure for the same period a year earlier. Arrivals from outside the European Union fell sharply and EU and British citizens left the country on balance.