The Office for National Statistics (ONS) data showed that net migration – the difference between those arriving and leaving – fell to 204,000 in the year to June, down by more than two-thirds in a year to reach the lowest annual level since 2021.

This sharp decline was largely driven by a drop in non-EU migrants coming to work and study , and the exit of large numbers of migrants who had arrived as part of the so-called Boris-wave since 2021, reports The Times.

However, the number of asylum seekers hit a record high in the last year, accounting for a whopping 44 percent of total net migration – double the pre- Brexit figure of 22 percent in 2019.

Asylum seekers dominate immigration as other categories decline

The University of Oxford's Migration Observatory highlighted the stark s

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