Britain's Immigration Numbers Take a Big Dip

Britain is seeing a big drop in the number of people moving there to live long-term. The latest numbers show that in the year up to June, only 204, 000 more people moved to Britain than left. That's a lot less than the previous year. This drop is mostly because the government has made it harder for people to move to Britain. For years, immigration has been a hot topic in British politics. Different governments have tried to control the number of people coming in by making rules stricter. Now, the current government is making things even tougher. They want to stop a political party that is very popular because it wants to limit immigration. Earlier numbers showed that immigration was much higher than people thought. At one point, almost a million more people moved to Britain than left in just one year. But now, those numbers are going down. Even so, many people in Britain still worry about immigration. They are especially concerned about people coming by boat from France to ask for asylum. The government has announced new rules to deal with this. They want to make it harder for people to stay in Britain if they come in without permission. They also want to speed up sending people back to their home countries if they don't have the right to be in Britain. These changes might make it even harder for people to move to Britain in the future. One big change is that people can't come to Britain to work as care workers anymore. This was one of the main ways people were moving to Britain for work. This change might make the numbers go down even more in the coming years.