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A million here, a million there…soon you’re talking real numbers. And a million people in a single year is pretty well what we got in 2023, when the net migration figure was 903,000 – so the overall figure (not taking account of people leaving) was getting on for a million.…

Indian nationals accounted for about one in five of care worker visas granted in 2023-24.

The immigration white paper, due to be published next week, will lay out Sir Keir Starmer’s plan to get tougher on migration rules in the wake of Reform UK’s wins at the local elections

Home Office says Labour inherited asylum system in chaos with applicants stuck in backlog

In a heated exchange in the Commons, shadow equalities minister Mims Davies repeated calls for a national public inquiry.

Over £1bn spent on asylum hotels in the past year as watchdog says Home Office has ‘few levers to control costs’

The original estimate for asylum seeker housing was £4.5billion for 2019-2029, but that is expected to rise to £15.3billion, according to the National Audit Office

The Lords Science and Technology Committee argues that reforms to visa costs are needed

Research also finds many trapped in abusive relationships and unable to afford sanitary products and other basics