Net immigration in the UK almost half in 2024

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The clear immigration to the United Kingdom fell almost in 2024, when the toughest visa rules entered the numbers that could reduce the pressure on the labor government because of the politically charged issue.

The National Statistics Office said that the net immigration was 431,000 throughout the evaluation year, a decrease of 860,000 in the previous year, as fewer people reached work visas and a study and a study of higher migration than people who came to study in the United Kingdom immediately after the epidemic.

On S said that the long -term migration to the United Kingdom in the year until December 2024 was 948,000

Long -term immigration was estimated at 517,000, an increase of 11 percent from the previous year to the last time seen in 2017.

The decline in expatriates reflects strict rules presented at the end of 2023, including a ban on workers in the field of care and international students who bring the family to the UK and the higher salaries requirements for skilled workers.

Last week, the government of Prime Minister Sir Kerr Starmer has identified comprehensive reforms aimed at reducing numbers, including closing the care factor visa, skipping skilled work visas, the most strict language requirements and a longer way to win the UK settlement rights.

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