The sharp rise in individuals shifting to the UK is pushed by a rise within the variety of non-European Union nationals.
Web migration to the UK has climbed to a file half 1,000,000, pushed by a sequence of “unprecedented world occasions”, together with the conflict in Ukraine and the tip of lockdown restrictions, in accordance with the Workplace for Nationwide Statistics (ONS).
About 504,000 extra individuals are estimated to have moved to the UK than left within the 12 months to June 2022, up sharply from 173,000 within the yr to June 2021.
Different components contributing to the bounce embody the resettlement of Afghan refugees, the brand new visa route for British nationals from Hong Kong, and college students arriving from exterior the European Union.
A complete of 1.1 million individuals are prone to have migrated to the UK within the yr to June, the bulk – 704,000 – from exterior the EU.
Against this, 560,000 individuals are estimated to have migrated from the UK in the identical interval, virtually half of them – 275,000 – going again to the EU.
The imbalance implies that, whereas way more non-EU nationals are prone to have arrived within the UK than left throughout these 12 months, the reverse is true for EU nationals, with extra leaving than arriving.
Change in patterns
Jay Lindop, ONS deputy director of the Centre for Worldwide Migrations, stated: “A sequence of world occasions have impacted worldwide migration patterns within the 12 months to June 2022. Taken collectively these had been unprecedented.
“These embody the tip of lockdown restrictions within the UK, the primary full interval following transition from the EU, the conflict in Ukraine, the resettlement of Afghans and the brand new visa route for Hong Kong British nationals, which have all contributed to the file ranges of long-term immigration now we have seen.
“Migration from non-EU international locations, particularly college students, is driving this rise. With the lifting of journey restrictions in 2021, extra college students arrived within the UK after finding out remotely in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Nonetheless, there has additionally been a big improve within the variety of individuals migrating for a variety of different causes. This consists of individuals arriving for humanitarian safety, comparable to these coming from Ukraine, in addition to for household causes.
“The numerous components impartial of one another contributing to migration at the moment imply it's too early to say whether or not this image will probably be sustained.”
Brexit
Considerations over the impact of immigration had been one of many massive drivers behind Britain’s vote to depart the EU in 2016, with then-Prime Minister David Cameron repeatedly pledging to get web migration ranges under 100,000 a yr.
The earlier file excessive for web migration was simply above 330,000 in 2015.
Separate figures launched by the British authorities on Thursday confirmed 33,029 individuals had been detected arriving by small boats throughout the Channel between January and September this yr, with 61 p.c of these individuals arriving over the summer time within the months July to September.
The month of August noticed the best variety of small boat arrivals of any month since information has been collected, it stated.
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