ONS blog - International migration hits new high in 2022 but there are signs of change

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ONS blog

25 May 2023

International migration hits new high in 2022 but there are signs of change

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International immigration to the UK hit record levels in 2022, driven by unprecedented world events and the rise in international students following the lifting of pandemic restrictions. Aligned to a period where a new immigration system had recently been introduced, Jay Lindop explains what we have been doing at the ONS to provide users with the best possible migration figures and how these feed into our future model for population statistics.

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