The project was approved in the House of Commons and is awaiting approval by King Carlos III. British immigration was 1.2 million in 2022.
The House of Lords of the United Kingdom approved this Tuesday the controversial law on immigrationwhich aims to prevent the flow of immigrants who arrive illegally United Kingdom and deny them the option to request asylum, after approving the changes to the project presented in the common.
The initiative is part of the plan of the Prime Minister Rishi Sunakto combat the irregular immigration. To become law, the bill will now need the signature of the King Charles IIIwithin the framework of a immigrant crisis located in the English Channel.
The Government expressed concern about the growing volume of these vessels arriving in the countryarguing that it causes a constant increase in the number of asylum applications pending processing by the Ministry of Interior.
The numbers of the migration net in uk reached a record 606,000 in the year to December 2022surpassing the previous post-war high of 504,000 as of June last year, according to data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) british. The report, written by the ONS, also shows that the total immigration in the long term it was estimated at around 1.2 million in 2022, while emigration was 557,000.
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Immigration: UK concern grows
Most of the immigration was non-European Union (EU) citizensof which the United Kingdom it withdrew in 2020, with 925,000 arrivals, followed by EU citizens with 151,000, and UK citizens with 88,000.
However, the ONS also noted that despite the increase in immigration in 2022, their estimates of migration Long-term international data suggest a slowdown in growth in the most recent quarters.
“This may reflect the temporary nature of these world events, in addition to begin to see more international students emigrate. We will continue to monitor these patterns in the coming months,” Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said a few months ago.
Source: Ambito
