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Long-term international migration, provisional: year ending December 2025
What's in the bulletin?
- At 171,000, long-term international net migration for year ending (YE) December 2025 has nearly halved from YE December 2024 (updated to 331,000); this level was last seen when the new immigration system was introduced in early 2021, and the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic travel restrictions were still in place.
- The number of non-EU+ nationals arriving for work-related reasons fell by 47% in 2025, which was the main reason for the continued fall in net migration; in the same period, overall emigration fell slightly.
- Provisional net migration was 350,000 for non-EU+ nationals in YE December 2025, down from 511,000 a year earlier.
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International migration – table of contents
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Long-term international immigration, emigration and net migration flows, provisional
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International migration research, progress update
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