UK to get tough on immigration

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he will
introduce tougher laws to curb migration in
an attempt to thwart the threat from Nigel
Farage’s anti-immigration Reform party

NET MIGRATION TO UK
12 month arrivals minus departures

Keir
Starmer,
Labour

Nigel Farage,
Reform

Jun
2024
Jun
2022
Jun
2020
Jun
2018
Jun
2016
Jun
2014
Jun
2012

-200,000
0
200,000
400,000
600,000
800,000
1,000,000

187,000
57,000
-83,000

845,000
-21,000
-95,000

PROVISIONAL DATA

Non-EU
EU+*
British

Jan 31, 2020:
UK leaves EU

*European Union countries plus Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland
Sources: Bloomberg, BBC, Office for National Statistics. Pictures: Getty Images
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