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Long-term international migration, provisional: year ending June 2025
What's in the bulletin?
- At 204,000, long-term international net migration for the year ending (YE) June 2025 was around two-thirds lower than a year earlier (649,000 in YE June 2024).
- Non-EU+ migration has been driving the overall trend since 2021. The provisional net migration estimate for YE June 2025 for non-EU+ nationals was positive 383,000, continuing a downward trend since 2022.
- The provisional estimate for total long-term immigration for the most recent period is 898,000, a decrease of 401,000 from the updated YE June 2024 estimate of 1,299,000.
Reason for international migration, international students update: May 2025
International student migration to the UK, 2019 to 2024. Analysis relates to non-EU+ throughout unless stated otherwise. These are official statistics in development.
Measuring migration: the story behind the headlines
In this interactive article, we take you behind the headlines and use the latest data to answer questions about international migration. We also explain why measuring migration is harder than you might think.
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International migration – table of contents
Tool to locate the datasets of Long-Term International Migration and International Passenger Survey estimates.
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Long-term international immigration, emigration and net migration flows, provisional
Estimates for UK immigration, emigration and net migration, year ending June 2012 to year ending June 2025. These are official statistics in development. To access the most up-to-date data for each time period, please use the most recently published dataset.
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Statistical bulletins
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Long-term international migration, provisional: year ending June 2025
Estimates of UK long-term international migration, year ending June 2012 to year ending June 2025. These are official statistics in development. Long-term refers to people entering or leaving the UK for a period of at least 12 months.
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International migration, England and Wales: Census 2021
International migration, including country of birth, passports held and year of arrival, Census 2021 data.
Articles
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Reason for international migration, international students update
International student migration to the UK, 2019 to 2024. Analysis relates to non-EU+ throughout unless stated otherwise. These are official statistics in development.
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International migration research, progress update
An update on international migration methods and research to further develop admin-based migration estimates (ABMEs).
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