UK net migration expected to fall to pre-pandemic levels in medium term - minister

Britain's net migration is expected to fall to pre-pandemic levels in the medium term, immigration minister Robert Jenrick said on Thursday after figures showed it had risen to record levels last year.

Jenrick said a package to restrict the migration of the dependants of overseas students which he said would "have a tangible impact on net migration."

"Taken together with the easing of temporary factors, like our exceptional humanitarian offers, we expect net migration to fall to pre-pandemic levels in the medium term," Jenrick told lawmakers.