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UK Net Migration Hits All-Time Record at 504,000
UK net migration hit 504,000 in the year to June - the highest figure ever recorded, The Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimates.
BBC News 25 NOV
The rise is driven by people arriving legally from outside the EU and the resumption of post-pandemic travel.
Reception of Afghan and Ukrainian refugees and people from Hong Kong are other factors.
The government has promised to cut net migration - the difference between the numbers entering and leaving the UK.
Today's figures will intensify debates over the role of overseas workers into the UK economy and wider labour market - weeks after Home Secretary Suella Braverman said she wanted to resurrect a repeatedly missed government target to reduce net migration to below 100,000.
That aim, set by former prime minister David Cameron and supported by Theresa May, was dropped by Boris Johnson who said he would reduce the level while ensuring businesses had access to the skills they needed.
Home Secretary Suella Braverman said the record numbers were "understandable" given the circumstances in Ukraine, Afghanistan and Hong Kong, and the "generosity of the British people".
"But the public rightly expect us to control our borders and we remain committed to reducing migration over time," she said.
Ms Braverman said the current level of migration was putting pressure on accommodation and housing supply, as well as health, education and other public services.
Graphic showing EU, non-EU and British migration over time - non-EU migration rises over 500,000 in the year ending June 2022, British migration is broadly flat, while EU net migration dips into the negative more recently
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