Fall in net migration driven partly by fewer non-EU nationals coming to UKpublished at 09:56 GMT
09:56 GMT
As we’ve been reporting, the ONS says net migration is two-thirds lower in the year up to June 2025 than it was the previous year (up to June 2024).
The report outlines two main reasons for this.
One is that fewer non-EU nationals are arriving to work or study in the UK.
The ONS says it has seen a decline of approximately 70% in the number of people arriving on work or study-dependant visas.
There is also a “continued, gradual increase” in the number of people leaving the country.
It says that most people who left the country in the year up to June 2025 were non-EU nationals – with this figure at around 286,000. Around half of those leaving had originally arrived on study-related visas.
Both EU and British national groups saw more people leaving the UK than arriving. For EU citizens, 70,000 more people left than arrived. For British nationals, it was 109,000.