New estimates for the extent of web migration to the UK – the distinction between the variety of individuals settling within the nation long run and the variety of individuals leaving – might be revealed on Thursday.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) will give its first estimate of web migration for the 12 months to December 2024, together with up to date figures for the years to June 2024 and to December 2023.
The most up-to-date estimates, revealed by the ONS in November, put web migration for the yr to June 2024 at a provisional complete of 728,000, down from a document 906,000 within the earlier 12 months.
The Prime Minister, who stated the nation dangers changing into an “island of strangers” with out higher integration, stated he needed web migration to have fallen “significantly” by the subsequent common election – however refused to set a goal quantity.
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