London: Indian citizens represented the largest group of non-European Union long-term migrants entering and exiting the UK in the year ending June 2025, as per official data released by the UK Office of National Statistics last week.
Of the Indian citizens who arrived in the UK over the period, 90,000 arrived for study-related reasons, 46,000 came for work-related reasons, and 9000 for other reasons. Indians were followed by Chinese, Pakistani, Nigerian and Nepalese citizens in terms of long-term migration from non-EU countries.
Of the Indians leaving the UK in the same year, 45,000 were on study-related visas, 22,000 on work-related visas, and 7,000 were in the UK for other reasons.
Across nationalities, net international migration (inflow less outflow) to the UK fell significantly, by more than 2/3rds, to 204,000 in the year ending June 2025, down from 649,000 in the previous year. Emigration out of the UK also increased to a provisional 693,000 in the year ending June 2025, up from 650,000 the previous year.
Indian student stabbed to death in WorcesterVijay Kumar, an Indian student from Haryana’s Charkhi Dadri, was stabbed to death in Worcester, UK, late last week. The family has demanded swift diplomatic support for a thorough investigation and the repatriation of his body. The victim was found by officers with serious injuries on Barbourne Road in Worcester on November 15 and succumbed to his injuries later. According to reports, Kumar had reportedly quit a government job with the Central Board of Excise and Customs earlier this year to pursue higher education in the UK. He was studying at the University of the West of England (UWE) in Bristol. |
