Immigration in UK – 583,000 persons in the year ending June 2014, up from 502,000 in the previous 12 months

• Net long-term migration to the UK was estimated to be 260,000 in the year ending June 2014, a statistically significant increase from 182,000 in the previous 12 months.
• While net migration has increased since the most recent low of 154,000 in the year ending September 2012, it remains below the peak of 320,000 in the year ending June 2005.
• 583,000 people immigrated to the UK in the year ending June 2014, a statistically significant increase from 502,000 in the previous 12 months. There were statistically significant increases in immigration of EU (up 45,000) and non-EU (up 30,000) citizens.

Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor. Read the whole story at  Migration Statistics Quarterly Report, November 2014 – ONS.