What do the immigration figures for the UK really show? | Immigration and asylum
The scope of the protests other than shelter hotels, a series of government announcements on asylum seekers, and the scope of the party conference of the Reform, which means that migration was once again the political subject of summer.
In August, almost half of the British (48%) listed the migration as one of the most important problems faced by Britain. This year, he recorded the highest concerns about migration outside a period in the 2015 European immigrant crisis.
But what do the numbers really show – and do all the allegations about immigrants are collected?
Migration is falling – from a record level
Despite the concerns of the people in recent months, the official figures show that the number of people coming to the country has fallen from a record high summit.
The figures from the National Statistics Office (ounce) show that net migration is mainly between 200,000 and 300,000 people. However, since Brexit entered into force in New Year’s Eve 2020, there has been a major increase in the number of immigrants. The commentators and critics named it after the new Brexit system introduced by Boris Johnson after the immigration system.
The latest figures show that the wave has fallen. Net migration fell in half in 2024 and the latest rule changes are expected to fall further. This is due to a large decrease in health and maintenance visas. Less people are now fleeing the Ukrainian War or now escapes from the Taliban from the closed Afghan human plan.
Student visas also decreased. Applications dropped 1.5% In August (Student visa applications increased in academic years before) compared to 2024 and 18% per month in 2023.
Who and how many people can work?
In the comments made to the BBC after the conference speech, the reform leader Nigel Farage, Johnson, “Millions of people blamed England for allowing England, even in the meantime did not work and cost us a reference.” However, the existing evidence complicates the event version.
Most people who demand asylum are not allowed to work. However, although the big media focuses on small boats and asylum seekers, they only make up a small part of the total number of people who come to England – Less than 5 % Arrival visas and arrival adopted in 2025.
The largest rate of people coming to the UK consists of students (approximately 47%, including addicts). Students are not expected to work, but they contribute by paying the right wages and cannot get permission indefinitely, so they either leave the UK or then contribute to paid jobs.
The second largest group is 11%of its employee visas, which make up 20%.
How many people work for other visas?
Currently, the data published on immigrant gains are irregular – and does not help on ongoing problems with Ones Labor Research.
Madeleine Sumpe, Director of Oxford University, Migration Observatory, suggested that employment data are imperfect and rates şimdi Migration to a great extent ”, but the employment rates among the latest immigrants are not“ far from existing residents or long -standing immigrants ”.
A home office report Between 2019 and 2023, some of the types of visa granted in 2023-24 financially (Paye) has managed to connect the payment-school registration. As for those who are indifferent, it is likely that he has already abandoned most countries.
It’s not just people on working visas. The report also found that almost half (48%) of the people entering a family visa had some paye gains (and still involving those who abandoned the country or who left the country).
Most of the speech on migration has recently focused on addicts – family members who are allowed to migrate with the main visa holder. Like most students, new health and care workers were prevented from bringing their children and other addicts by the altar government.
Paye data actually proposes the work of many addiction-81% of health and care workers addicts, 45% of talented workers’ addicts, and 25% of senior or expert visa addicts (once again-once again, they do not take into account the fact that they have self-employed or abandoned the country.
Among all different types of people who come to the UK are new refugees (approximately 28% according to some estimates) and those who are in human visas are at least at work.
In terms of total earnings, the immigrant observatory immigrant gains have grown rapidly-2024 Median immigrant worker, the Median won a similar or slightly more than the British worker.
So the latest immigrants – as Farage stated – will England cost a long -term deeper? Considering that most people who have moved to the UK will not pass through the school system and also do not have to pay for NHS treatments, which we cannot say based on the existing data, and it is not possible to cost more expensive than others.
