Net migration: What it means for the UK

Net migration to the UK rose to 606,000 within the 12 months to December 2022, the very best quantity for a calendar yr on document – regardless of a Tory 2019 manifesto dedication to “bring overall numbers down”.

The figures, revealed by the Office for National Statistics, present that most individuals arriving to the UK final yr had been non-EU nationals.

The physique attributed a “unique year” for migration to “world events” together with the warfare in Ukraine and unrest in Hong Kong.

On the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson breaks down the numbers with Sky’s information and forensics correspondent Tom Cheshire and picks via the fallout in Westminster with political correspondent Ali Fortescue.

Plus, Madeleine Sumption, director of the Migration Observatory at Oxford University, explains how what the federal government says really impacts the variety of folks that come to the UK.

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