UK's immigration hotspots revealed where 1 in 20 residents are migrants who arrived last year… how does YOUR town fare?
HERE WE GROW UK's immigration hotspots revealed where 1 in 20 residents are migrants who arrived last year… how does YOUR town fare?
NEW analysis has revealed that up to one in 20 residents in parts of England and Wales are immigrants who moved here in the last year.
Government statistics published last week show the total population change of England and Wales skyrocketed by 700,000 in 2023/24.
It marks the second largest surge in population since World War 2.
The male population grew faster than the female population with net international migration 18,000 higher for males than for females.
The Daily Mail revealed that net international migration, the difference between the number of people arriving and leaving the country, was positive in all but one of 318 local authority areas.
Newham, London, saw an influx of more than 17,000 people in the year to mid-2024.
A total of 17,224 people came to the borough as international migrants, the local authority area is home to just 374,000 people.
The data suggests that migrants arriving from abroad in the last year now make up 4.6 per cent of the London borough's population, roughly one in 20 people.
According to the Office of National Statistics (ONS) Luton and Coventry had similarly high figures with 10,200 international migrants coming to Luton and 15,446 coming to Coventry.
This marked a 4.3 per cent population increase for Luton and a 4.2 per cent increase for Coventry.
Current immigration levels are at an all time high and experts warn that this is pilling pressure on housing, schools and the NHS.
Robert Bates, research director at the Centre for Migration Control told the Daily Mail: "Assimilation has been made impossible by the sheer scale of mass migration and our national culture is damaged as a result.
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"Stretched public services - from the NHS and GP surgeries to public transport and schools - are being further eroded by a low wage, low-skill immigration system.
"Politicians have ignored the concerns of voters due to a misguided belief that open borders benefit the economy.
"We fast need a government which rejects this dogma and starts work to scrap a whole raft of failed visa routes, end foreign nationals' access to the welfare system, and invests in skills for the British workforce."
He added that mass migration is changing the fabric of Britain.
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The huge number of migrants coming to the UK are split into various groups with asylum seekers staying in hotels making up a small portion of international immigrants
Credit: Louis Wood
According to the ONS' estimates there were roughly 61.8 million people in England and Wales in mid-2024.
This is up from just 61.1 million people in mid-2023.
The increase of 706,881 people was overshadowed by the 821,210 population rise in the months to mid-2023.
Growth in both years was driven almost entirely by record rises in the number of international migrants.
Nearly 1.1 million people are thought to have immigrated in the last 12 months compared to the 450,000 thought to have emigrated.
There were only slightly more births than deaths in the year to mid-2024, adding just 29,982 to the population.
In raw numbers, the larger local authorities had the most international migrants arriving.
The City of London, home to just 15,111 people saw an 11 per cent increase in its population, this was down to net international migration.
Only one local authority area, South Holland, Lincolnshire, experienced more international migrants leaving than arriving.
The ONS said the area had 557 arrivals from abroad last year but 695 people emigrated.
Internal migration - movement within the UK - is recorded separately.
The ONS said there may be some overlap in the data but determining how much is difficult because of the difficulties in examining population flow.
For example, the same person could be classed as an international immigrant and internal emigrant, they could also die, further confusing the picture.
It comes after the Prime Minister announced a crackdown on immigration in May.
His package of policies to curb immigration involved a hiking of the skills threshold for immigrants and a toughening of the rules on fluency in English.
Under the new rules migrants will also be required to wait 10 years for citizenship rather than the current five and face deportation for even lower-level crimes.
Keir Starmer also recently came to a "one in one out" deal with French president Emmanuel Macron in a bid to solve the small boats crisis.
It comes as the total number of migrants who arrived in 2025 by small boat so far reaches 25,436, Home Office figures show.
Some 898 people made the journey in 13 small boats on Wednesday, the arrivals figure is up 51 per cent on this point last year, and is 73 per cent higher than in 2023.
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Newham, London, saw a huge rise in population, mostly fuelled by net international migration
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