{"id":610255,"date":"2026-05-29T12:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T12:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/610255\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T12:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T12:08:09","slug":"net-migration-to-the-uk-falls-despite-britons-belief-it-is-rising","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/610255\/","title":{"rendered":"Net migration to the UK falls, despite Britons\u2019 belief it is rising"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Britain\u2019s net migration has halved during Prime Minister Keir Starmer\u2019s tenure, but Britons believe it is still rising. <\/p>\n<p>Immigration surged after the pandemic, peaking at almost 1.5 million a year in 2023. The subsequent collapse has not reached the public consciousness, perhaps because the numbers of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/d015bf73-531f-4a07-bd5a-e5c17cf3a45e?syn-25a6b1a6=1\" class=\"_linkEmbed_10lxo_29\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">asylum seekers on small boats<\/a> \u2014 the most visible, and to some voters least palatable, form of migration \u2014 remain stable. <\/p>\n<p>It has been a millstone for the embattled Starmer, with voters naming it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipsos.com\/en-uk\/immigration-seen-biggest-issue-facing-britain-public-concern-rises\" class=\"_linkEmbed_10lxo_29\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">the most important issue facing Britain<\/a> and most thinking <a href=\"https:\/\/migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk\/resources\/briefings\/uk-public-opinion-toward-immigration-overall-attitudes-and-level-of-concern\/\" class=\"_linkEmbed_10lxo_29\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">numbers should come down<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The fact that the numbers have come down, largely unnoticed, may not be surprising: Surveys find voters in many countries are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipsos.com\/sites\/default\/files\/ct\/news\/documents\/2024-11\/ipsos-the-perils-of-perception-2024.pdf\" class=\"_linkEmbed_10lxo_29\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">misinformed on statistical issues<\/a> such as crime, immigration, and budget allocations.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/d8c6761c1790bc0747171e1f29d97f9d46427125-1599x1344.jpg\"  alt=\"A chart showing the UK\u2019s net migration.\" width=\"740\" height=\"621\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"_imageEmbed_1jdgl_38 _fullContentArea_1jdgl_42\" style=\"max-width:100%;color:transparent\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Britain\u2019s net migration has halved during Prime Minister Keir Starmer\u2019s tenure, but Britons believe it is still rising.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":610256,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-610255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=610255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610255\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/610256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=610255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=610255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=610255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}