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   From: d@ray   
      
   A total of 1.2 million long-term immigrants arrived in the UK in 2023, with   
   those from non-EU countries making up 85%.   
      
   Provisional net migration was estimated at 685,000, as 532,000 people left   
   the country over the same period, the Office for National Statistics said   
   on Thursday.   
      
   The top five non-EU nationalities for long-term immigration flows were   
   Indian (250,000), Nigerian (141,000), Chinese (90,000), Pakistani (83,000)   
   and Zimbabwean (36,000).   
      
   “Since 2019, the number of Indian, Nigerian and Pakistani nationals   
   arriving in the UK has seen the largest increase,” the ONS said.   
      
   “There were approximately 62,000 more Pakistani nationals, 127,000 more   
   Nigerian nationals and 178,000 more Indian nationals immigrating to the UK   
   in 2023 compared with 2019.”   
      
   The estimated number of EU nationals was estimated at 126,000, making up   
   10% of the total, with 88,000 British nationals making up the remaining 5%.   
      
   The statistics also showed that most long-term non-EU immigrations arrived   
   on work-related visas, overtaking those on study-related visas for the   
   first time since 2019.   
      
   “Alongside this growth in non-EU work-related immigration comes a shift in   
   the balance between work main applicants and dependants. In the year ending   
   December 2022, main applicants accounted for an estimated 55% of non-EU   
   long-term work immigration whereas dependants made up 45%,” the ONS said.   
      
   “In the year ending December 2023, main applicants accounted for 48% of   
   non-EU work immigration (204,000). Around 9 in 10 (93%) of those arriving   
   on main applicant work visas in the year ending December 2023 were aged 18   
   to 44 years and were mainly female (57%).   
      
   “Comparatively, non-EU nationals arriving as dependants of those on work   
   visas made up just over half (52%) of non-EU work-related immigration in   
   the YE December 2023 (219,000).   
      
   “Preliminary analysis indicates that those most likely to bring dependants   
   come from Nigeria, Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, Zimbabwe and Ghana.   
   Dependants are a mixture of adults and children; of the top ten countries,   
   around 50% of dependants were aged 17 years or under.”   
      
   Until 2019 most long-term immigrants were EU nationals, but the   
   introduction of a new immigration system ending free movment for EU   
   nationals has resulted in a drop in migration from EU countries and a   
   massive in arrivals from non-EU countries.   
      
   “The ending of free movement of those from the European Union coupled with   
   the introduction of a new immigration system in January 2021, easing of   
   restrictions after the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, and external events   
   such as the war in Ukraine have all had an impact,” the ONS said.   
      
   Of the estimated 532,000 emigrating from the UK, 233,000 were non-EU   
   nationals, 202,000 were from EU countries, and 98,000 were British.   
      
   A recent report from think tank the Centre for Policy Studies (CPS) found   
   that record-high immigration has failed to boost the British economy while   
   exacerbating the housing crisis and placing increasing pressure on public   
   service.   
      
   The report also highlighted the dramatic increase in the non-White British   
   population, the extremely uneven geographic distribution of recently   
   arrived immigrants, the vast difference in contributions made by migrants   
   from different regions, and two decades of broken promises by Conservative   
   and Labour governments alike.   
      
      
      
      
      
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