UK / Net migration falls by a quarter to 183,000

In the biggest drop in four years, net migration, the difference between the numbers arriving and leaving, fell to 183,000 in the year to March, down from 242,000 the previous year, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.

The number of foreign students coming to the UK was down 8%, the number of foreign workers down 9% and the overall number of migrants coming from outside the EU fell 7%.

The fall comes after the Coalition has taken a series of measures to fulfil its pledge to cut net migration to the tens of thousands by 2015.

Mark Harper, the immigration minister, said the figures showed the government’s tough polices were taking effect and ministers were “bringing immigration back under control”.

“This marks a significant step towards bringing net migration down from the hundreds of thousands to the tens of thousands by the end of this Parliament,” he said…

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via UK migration falls by a quarter as student and foreign worker numbers fall – Telegraph.