Archive · 18 Nov 2025
Britain's Net Immigration Revised Down
The number of people moving to and from Britain has been updated.
More British people left the country than we thought, so net immigration was less than we thought.
This is because the government used better data to count these people.
The government is still talking about how to control immigration.
Net immigration to Britain peaked higher in 2023 than previously thought
More Britons emigrated between 2021 and 2024 than initially estimated
Revisions based on better data from the labour ministry
Fewer EU nationals left Britain than previously estimated
Labour government's immigration policies remain a topic of debate
- Who
- British nationals and non-EU, non-UK nationals
- What
- Moved to and from Britain
- When
- Between 2021 and 2024
- Where
- Britain
- Why
- To update immigration figures using better data
Government's stance
Opposition's stance
Immigration policies
Government's stance
Labour government setting out policies to cut down arrivals
Opposition's stance
Opposition likely to argue for stricter immigration controls
- Peak net immigration
- 944,000 in year ending March 2023
- Revised net immigration (2024)
- 345,000
- Cumulative net immigration (2021-2024)
- 97,000 lower than previously thought
- Cumulative net emigration (British nationals, 2021-2024)
- 412,000
- Cumulative emigration (British nationals, 2021-2024)
- 992,000
- Cumulative immigration (British nationals, 2021-2024)
- 623,000