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Net migration: Whats happening in the UK?

Published: Nov. 30, 2023, 8:30 p.m.

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UK net migration hit a record 745,000 in 2022 according to recently revised figures from the Office for National Statistics.

That means the numbers coming to live in the UK were almost three quarters of a million more than those leaving.

Reducing the numbers of people entering the country has long been a government priority with famous promises to reduce it to \\u201ctens of thousands\\u201d. In a post-Brexit era it had been assumed that the figures would naturally decline, but that hasn\\u2019t been the case.

David Aaronovitch invites you into his briefing room to discover what these numbers mean for the UK.

He\\u2019s joined by:\\nJay Lindop, Director, Office for National Statistics, Centre for International Migration \\nHeather Rolfe, Director of Research and Relationships at the think tank British Future. \\nMadeline Sumption, Director of Migration Observatory, University of Oxford

Production: Sally Abrahams, Kirsteen Knight, Alex Lewis\\nProduction Co-ordinator: Jacqui Johnson + Sophie Hill\\nSound: Neil Churchill\\nEditor: Richard Vadon

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