Population, families and migration
Net migration
For context
171,000more people arrived than left, year to Dec 2025
−160,000 on a year earlier
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Net migration
For contextWhat it means: people moving to the UK for at least a year, minus people leaving for at least a year, counted over twelve months. The most recent figures are provisional and are usually revised. The current government has not set a numeric target, so no rating is given.
Source: ONS, long-term international migration, table 1, May 2026 release.