Net migration to the UK has fallen by more than two-thirds to 204,000 in a single year, the lowest annual figure since 2021, according to the latest official statistics.

Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures show there was a 69% drop from 649,000 in the number of people immigrating minus the number of people emigrating, in the year to June 2025.

Net migration peaked at a record 944,000 in the year to March 2023 as part of the “Boriswave” of foreign workers but has fallen sharply since then.

Just under 900,000 people immigrated to the UK between July 2024 and June 2025, down more than 400,000 people on the year before.

At the same time, 693,000 people emigrated from the UK, up by 43,000 on the previous year.

Long-term immigration of asylum seekers was 96,000 in the year ending J

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