By 2024, the UK will have halved its net migration
Net migration to the UK, the difference between the number of immigrants and the number of emigrants, has halved in the space of twelve months, according to official figures released on May 22. The Conservatives are taking credit for this, citing the series of restrictions introduced by Rishi Sunak's government.
A picture speaks louder than a thousand numbers. The graph illustrating the evolution of net migration in the United Kingdom over time shows a stable curve until 2020, when the number of arrivals compared to the number of departures begins to explode, stabilizing around 800,000 people in 2022 and 2023. Then, in 2024, this same curve undergoes an equally radical drop.
Last year, net migration to the country was 431,000 people. It's simple: "Net migration to the UK halved in 2024 compared to the previous year," The Guardian soberly summarizes . "This is the largest numerical decline for a twelve-month period ever recorded."
In a European context where most governments are loudly proclaiming their desire to reduce the arrival of migrants, the result obtained by London could have a significant political effect. “The issue of immigration has become a major electoral battleground in the United Kingdom,” contextualizes the progressive media. “All the more so in view of the challenge posed by the [far-right] R party
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