LONDON (AP) — The British government welcomed the news Thursday that net migration in the U.K., the difference between those moving to the country long-term and those leaving, fell by more than two-thirds in the year to June, but insisted that the figure must fall further in order to ease tensions within communities.

The Office for National Statistic said net migration fell 69% to a four-year low of 204,000 in the year to June 2025 from 649,000 the year before largely because fewer people from outside the European Union arrived in the U.K. for work or to study, along with an increase in people moving out of the country.

The British government will hope that the sharp decline will help lower the temperature about an issue that has risen on the political agenda this year.

However, voter c

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