Net migration may top one million this year, Home Office fears

All government departments on alert as new figures out this month could see the previous peak doubled

11 May 2023

Net migration is on track to be as high as one million, analysis suggests ahead of the release of official figures this month.

Ministers are braced for net migration, the number entering the UK minus those leaving, to hit a record high, surpassing the previous peak of 504,000 set in the year to June 2022.

Analysis by migration experts suggest the figure could be as high as 997,000 when the official figures are published in two weeks' time. The Home Office fears it could hit one million this year.

The surge is fuelled by a continued sharp increase in non-EU migrants entering the UK to study, work or escape conflict or oppression.

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