Net migration could be as high as 1million as almost double amount of people arrive on UK shores this year
- Between 650,000 and 997,000 more people may have arrived in UK than left
- Pressure is now piling on the government to reduce soaring net migration
As many as one million migrants arrived in the UK last year, double the last recorded numbers, official figures are expected to reveal.
Between 650,000 and 997,000 more people may have arrived in the UK than left in 2022, according to analysis.
This would well surpass the previous peak of 504,000, which was set in the year June 2021 to 2022.
The rise is expected to have been driven by the influx of Ukrainian refugees, as well as more international students and NHS staff arriving.
Pressure is now piling on Rishi Sunak to get migration under control, with senior Tories criticising the government over its failure to deliver on its promises.
The net migration rise is expected to have been driven by the influx of Ukrainian refugees, as well as more international students and NHS staff arriving
Former Conservative leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith told The Sun: ‘It looks like it will be a worrying set of figures. It’s going to be a huge problem for the Conservative Party.
‘We have pledged repeatedly to reduce net migration and haven’t.
‘A city the size of Leeds coming here in a year might boost our economy but will push down wages, British productivity and make our housing crisis even worse.’
Karl Williams, of the Centre for Policy Studies, told The Daily Telegraph that one million is ‘at the very top end of our estimates but by no means an implausible figure’.
If it climbs to the highest estimate of one million in one year, net migration would top the combined four years before Brexit.
The Home Office has said: ‘The public rightly expect us to control our borders and we remain committed to reducing net migration over time.’
The ONS is set to confirm the 2022 migration total on May 25.
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