![]() ![]() Most people who immigrated to the UK in 2022 were non-EU nationals, totalling to 925,000 up from 638,000 in 2021.The figure stood at 89,000 in 2020 - when travel and movement was curbed due to the Covid pandemic.Net migration in the UK hit a record 606,000 in 2022 - up from 504,000 in June last year and 488,000 in 2021.A total of 1,163,000 people are estimated to have arrived in the UK in 2022, while 557,000 are likely to have left - leaving a difference of 606,000.Net migration means the difference between the number of people arriving and departing the country."Numbers are too high, it's as simple as that,' he told ITV's This Morning. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak conceded the numbers were too high - but denied they were 'out of control'. 'We need a much more balanced approach, ensuring we have the immigration we need of course, but that there's much more opportunity for skills, productivity training, workforce planning to get our economy firing on all cylinders again.' Shadow immigration minister, Stephen Kinnock, earlier told LBC Radio: 'They have failed to have a strategy in place for our local labour market, and as a result of that, employers are being forced to reach for overseas immigration. 'What is the point of her?' Ms Cooper said. ![]() ‘She’s gone to ground, there are reports she is not even going to do media, she has not come to this House.' Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper asked: 'Where is the Home Secretary who is in charge of these policies? Â¡ï¸ /H4ne9A3f3p- Office for National Statistics (ONS) May 25, 2023ĭowning Street declined to apologise when questioned by journalists - as Labour mocked Home Secretary Suella Braverman for failing to appear in the Commons to address the figures. Âªï¸ total long-term immigration was around 1.2 million Our latest estimates show around 606,000 more people came to the UK than left in 2022: ![]()
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