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Net migration has fallen by 82% since its peak. Some are claiming that emigration is the reason - but it isn't.

Removals and deportations of illegal migrants are at the highest level for any year since 2017.

Asylum decisions have quadrupled. The asylum backlog is now down from its peak of 175,000 to 49,000 people awaiting a decision - the lowest level since 2019. More decisions mean more asylum hotel closures and more illegal migrants removed or deported.

🚨 The latest figures show that UK net migration has fallen to 171,000, the lowest level since its peak in 2023.

Deportations of foreign criminals are up 13%, with nearly 6,000 responsible for serious crimes removed since July 2024. We will continue to remove those who threaten public safety and break our laws at the earliest opportunity.

Removals and deportations of illegal migrants and foreign criminals have reached nearly 70,000 since July 2024. We will continue to fix our broken appeals system, threaten sanctions on countries who refuse to take back their citizens and ramp up removals and deportations.

NEW: There are now 35,000 fewer illegal migrants in asylum hotels – a 63% decrease since September 2023. At its peak, 400 asylum hotels were in use, costing the taxpayer £9 million a day. All asylum hotels will close their doors to illegal migrants for good.

Net migration stood at 331,000. The latest stats now show that figure has almost halved in a year. We are ending Britain’s reliance on overseas labour, ensuring migrants contribute more than they take and are increasing the removal of illegal migrants and foreign criminals.

The false promise of illegal working and an overly generous asylum system creates an incentive for migrants attempting to arrive in this country. Immigration Enforcement is stepping up activity across the country, with illegal working arrests having increased by 83%.

Knife robberies have fallen by 21% in major hotspots since June 2024. The use of enhanced intelligence, and the targeting of repeat and high-harm offenders, has meant that 3,285 fewer people have experienced the fear of being held at knifepoint in these areas.

We’re investing the largest funding package in UK history to crack down on grooming gangs and child sexual abuse. The grooming gangs scandal is one of the darkest moments in this country’s history – where the most vulnerable people were abused and exploited at the hands of evil child rapists. A £100 million record investment will help to track down and lock up these dangerous child sex offenders.

We’re taking the fight to the organised criminals who abuse our high streets. We're backing the police and trading standards to shut down bogus businesses, stop dodgy shops from opening, and put the dirty cash they launder back into the public purse.

Criminal gangs have exploited our high streets to launder their dirty money and undercut honest businesses. We're hitting back with a nationwide crackdown to shut these fronts down, seize dirty cash, drive organised crime off our high streets and put bosses behind bars.

A new High Street Organised Crime Unit will target rogue shops like barbers and vape stores to tackle organised crime on our high streets. The unit will work with police to identify gaps in enforcement and stop criminals setting up their networks in the first place.

People smuggler-related arrests involving @NCA_UK have surged by 55% in the last year as part of the biggest crackdown on immigration crime to date. The NCA was involved in almost 300 arrests to disrupt the gangs moving migrants and their supply of small boat parts and engines.

Big rise in arrests as NCA targets people smuggling networks. Read the full story ➡️ nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/big-rise-…

‌Find out more about the EU Entry/Exit System: gov.uk/guidance/eu-en…

The EU’s Entry/Exit System (EES) is now in place ✈️🚢🚄 If you’re travelling to the Schengen area with a British passport, you may need extra border checks on your first trip, including passport scans and biometrics. Plan ahead and check with your travel operator.

Challenging day for the Metropolitan Police who briefed me on their operational response from their command centre. Thank you to every officer on the streets of London today for their professionalism and bravery.

🧵 | Updates on today’s significant public order policing operation will be posted on this thread. 4,000 officers are on duty policing Nakba and Unite the Kingdom protests as well as the FA Cup Final.