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Net migration to the UK fell by two-thirds in the year to June to 204,000, the lowest level since the Covid-19 pandemic, after sharp falls in immigration offset a slight rise in the number of people leaving the country.
The Office for National Statistics on Thursday said net migration for the period had fallen from 649,000 for the year to June 2024.
Net migration peaked at 906,000 in the year to June 2023.
Long-term immigration for the period fell 31 per cent to 898,000, while long-term emigration rose 6.7 per cent to 693,000.
Mary Gregory, ONS executive director for population and census, said: “The fall is largely due to fewer people from outside the EU arriving for work- and study-related reasons, with a steep decline in the number of dependants, and a continued, gradual increase in levels of emigration.”
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