Net migration to the UK fell more than 10% in 2023, according to official figures.
After a record number of people came to the UK in 2022, the government sharply increased salary requirements for visas, to try to cut numbers.
How many migrants come to the UK?
Net migration – the number of people coming to the UK, minus the number leaving – was 685,000 in 2023, figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show.
Just over 1.2 million people came to the UK expecting to stay at least a year, and around 532,000 departed.
That’s a fall from 2022’s record net migration figure, which has been revised upwards to 764,000.