how much migration to the uk has changed over the past 31 years from tens of thousands in 1991 to more than 600,000 last year. the dotted line refers to the change in the way that the figures were collected. and just to explain what net migration actually means, it is the difference between the number of people entering and the number of people leaving the uk in the space of a year. and these are the figures for last year. total immigration around 1.2 million people. about half a million people left the uk that year meaning more than 600,000 people were added to the uk population last year. and most of those coming in to the uk were from outside the european union with a significant number coming from ukraine and hong kong. 0ur politcal editor chris mason reports now from great yarmouth. migration who we are, who and how many we welcome, from where and for how long?
this is great yarmouth in norfolk, a community and a region highly dependent on immigration. a town which overwhelmingly backed brexit. for years and years, politicians have made bold promises about immigration, and for years and years, they have broken them. the political conversation from successive conservative prime ministers sounded like this. net migration to this country in the order of tens of thousands each year, no ifs, no buts. it s important that we have net migration that is in sustainable numbers. we believe sustainable numbers are the tens of thousands. the numbers will come down because we will be able - to control the system. the pledges of yesterday washed away by reality. as those of today are spelled out. there s been various factors, and you will read the reports,
but may be different nationalities now being able to move to the town because, of course, these visa routes are open to both the eu and non eu communities. video arrived as an 18 year old. when i arrived i had never seen houses of the like. she when i arrived i had never seen houses of the like. when i arrived i had never seen houses of the like. she now works in a care home houses of the like. she now works in a care home in houses of the like. she now works in a care home in great houses of the like. she now works in a care home in great yarmouth - houses of the like. she now works in a care home in great yarmouth and. a care home in great yarmouth and there are 42 residency and staff. without india we won t be here. and without us, the hospital we have bed blocked and they won t be able to release the patient to me and we will be able to cover them if we didn t have the bed. will be able to cover them if we didn t have the bed. sancho and tar ete didn t have the bed. sancho
that has just gone. but competition could be back on the cards with some suppliers likely to offer cheaper fixed rates. but before you switch, make sure it s below the newjuly price cap. to find out more information about how the price changes will affect your bills, go to the bbc news website. there is hope the cap will come down more in the autumn, but he doesn t think it will be enough to make a difference she doesn t. difference she doesn t. we haven t been difference she doesn t. - haven t been able to do the things we normally do as a family, it s just been really hard to manage. the time isjust just been really hard to manage. the time is just after quarter past six. the uk s net migration hits the highest yet on record, over 600,000 more people came to the uk then left in 2022. iam in 2022. i am live in the algarve where