Britain's record immigration level is FINALLY starting to fall: Number of ... trends now
View
comments
Britain's record immigration level is finally starting to fall, with the number of foreign workers and students arriving here in the first three months of the year falling amid a visa crackdown.
The UK has granted 139,100 visas to skilled workers, students and their families, and health and care workers since January - a sharp decrease on the 184,000 that were issued in the first quarter of 2023.
These groups were handed 1.13 million visas during 2023 and represented the majority of migration to the country.
The latest figures come after the first asylum seeker was deported to Rwanda under Rishi Sunak's migrant crackdown yesterday.
The migrant, whose name is unknown, was flown out of the UK yesterday evening and arrived in Kigali. He was put on a commercial flight and given around £3,000 from the British taxpayer to help relocate under the terms of a deal with Rwanda.
Britain's record immigration level is finally starting to fall, with the number of foreign workers and students arriving here in the first three months of the year falling amid a visa crackdown (pictured: a Border Force ship in the Channel)
The latest figures come after the first asylum seeker was deported to Rwanda under Rishi Sunak's migrant crackdown yesterday
The UK has granted 139,100 visas to skilled workers, students and their families, and health and care workers since January - a sharp decrease on the 184,000 that were issued in the first quarter of 2023 (pictured: the Home Office)
A migrant was put on a commercial flight today and given around £3,000 from the British taxpayer to help relocate under the terms of a deal with Rwanda (pictured: a migrant dinghy in the Channel last week)
The Hope Hostel in Rwanda (pictured) is one of the locations migrants will be sent to
