Net Migration in a sentence

U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faced heavy pressure from his own to take swift action to bring down migration, as new data published Thursday showed net migration numbers were higher than previously thought.

As for Sir Keir, he has been careful to put no figure to his newly-issued promises to reduce both net migration and irregular migration.

The net migration target has been abolished and we can expect the cap on skilled migration to be next for the chop.

However, when dealing with ethnic groups, "net migration" might have to be subdivided into physical migration and ethnic reidentification ( assimilation ).

However, the ONS said it was too early to know whether the latest falling net migration figure was the start of a downward trend, but recent estimates did indicate a slowing of immigration coupled with increasing emigration.

In the year to June 2022, net migration was just over half a million people.

Last year, ONS data revealed that net migration to the UK hit its highest-ever level, despite Brexit promises to bring immigration down.

Mr Cleverly vowed 'enough is enough' when he first unveiled the five-point plan designed to slash net migration by 300,000 a year.

On net migration, he said the “normal level is a couple of hundred thousand a year but it depends on the needs in the economy”.

The former home secretary said that while in Government she had pushed for a number of measures, including an annual cap on net migration, the closure of the graduate visa route and a cap on health and social care visas.

Vos’s second priority: “Demographic challenges – We see a net migration out of the state and a graying population,” Vos said.

We must lower net migration.

But unless net migration is much more significantly reduced than is contemplated by Labour, it’s hard to see how the young will benefit from Angela Rayner’s new homes, assuming that they are built.

From 2020 to 2023, net migration was positive in just Chesterfield, Darlington, Florence, Horry and Georgetown counties.

In its annual report, the MAC noted there had been 'unusually high' net migration between 2021 and 2023.

Jenrick called for a “new Conservative Party” and promised “an effective freeze in net migration”, while Badenoch said she would “reprogramme the British state” based on “renewed Conservative principles”.

Marley Morris, at the Institute for Public Policy Research, said: “Net migration remained exceptionally high in 2023 but is set to fall, possibly quite sharply, in the year ahead.

Shadow treasurer Angus Taylor has further confused the Opposition’s proposed cuts to the net migration intake, indicating a deeper reduction to the target than he previously outlined in a major speech just last Wednesday.

Sir Keir insisted last year’s net migration figure of 685,000 has “got to come down" as he vowed to “control our borders and make sure British businesses are helped to hire Brits first”.

The Conservative Party promised to reduce net migration in its 2019 manifesto and a pledge to “stop the boats” illegally crossing the Channel is a key part of Rishi Sunak’s election campaign.