Supposedly, 1.2 million people moved to the UK and 532,000 left, putting provisional net migration at 685,000.
The ONS said: “While it is too early to say if this is the start of a new downward trend, emigration increased in 2023, while new Home Office data show visa applications have fallen in recent months.”But, that 2023 provisional estimate is still a historic high, even with the revisions to 2022. Much of this increase comes from non-EU workers moving to the UK for employment, according to the ONS, which also says work visas made up 41% of non-EU immigration last year while asylum claims make up 8%.
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