The Latest Breaking News from the Migration Observatory

Official figures indicate net migration is falling, yet concern among Britons is close to the highest it has been since polling began in 1974

Though the asylum backlog is at its lowest level since 2021, the government is still housing over 100,000 asylum seekers. A third of these are in hotels, which cost millions a day.

In today’s newsletter: As the French president arrives in the UK for a state visit, tackling migrant crossings in the Channel is top of the agenda

Current schemes, which are mainly with countries with smaller populations, might not accurately predict how future schemes will perform.

Disclosure comes as calm weather and fuller boats leading to more Channel arrivals, Home Office says

36RU3N2 The number of irregular migrants arriving in Britain on small boats soared in 2024, data showed Wednesday, piling pressure on Prime Minister Keir Starmer to stem the dangerous Channel crossings.

PLUMMETING visa numbers have sparked a warning that falling levels of migration could put further strain on the struggling NHS.

One of the challenges facing Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Labour government is reforming a costly and dysfunctional asylum system. Rob McNeil, deputy director of the Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford, spoke to FRANCE 24 on the new government’s possible next steps to address record levels of irregular migration…

Migration tends to be discussed as a monolithic issue. But it is a complex suite of processes, including the movements of highly skilled workers such as doctors, scientists, and Premier League footballers, as well as lower-paid workers like carers and seasonal fruit pickers.