Feature
In and Out
- Data Office for National Statistics, long-term international migration
- Covers People moving to or from the UK for a year or more, by nationality and reason
- Updated the latest quarter
How many people came to live in the UK, how many left, and why.
Net migration
ONS long-term international migration, UK: people moving in or out for a year or more, in rolling years ending each quarter, rounded to the nearest 1,000. Official statistics in development: recent figures are provisional and are revised as more travel data comes in. Methods changed from the year ending June 2021, so earlier figures are not directly comparable.
Arrivals, departures and net migration, UK
British people leaving
UK, by nationality, from the year ending June 2021 (British figures before then are not comparable). Below zero, more people left than arrived. EU+ means the EU27 plus Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland; non-EU+ is every other nationality. Values under 500 show as 0. Official statistics in development, rounded to the nearest 1,000.
Net migration by nationality, UK
Net migration by nationality, latest year
Why people come
Non-EU+ nationals arriving in the UK only, by reason on arrival; later switches between visas are not counted. Asylum means people who claimed asylum within a year of arriving, by any route. Humanitarian means the BN(O), resettlement and Ukraine schemes. Rounded, so parts need not add up. Official statistics in development.
Non-EU+ arrivals by reason, UK
Dependants
Non-EU+ nationals arriving in the UK, by reason on arrival. A dependant arrived as the partner or child of a main applicant who came to work or study. Values under 500 show as 0. Official statistics in development.
Main applicants and dependants arriving, UK
First guesses move
UK net migration for one year, as first published and as revised in later releases. ONS revises its provisional estimates as 6 and then 12 months of travel data come in. Official statistics in development.