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UK immigration weekly: ONS migration estimates revised; asylum and human rights reforms; EUSS Surinder Singh route closure; key Court of Appeal/UT rulings; EU visa‑free suspension mechanism changes

Published on: 20 November 2025

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In this issue:

  • Major developments
  • UK immigration control: how it works
  • Long residence, discretion and human rights
  • EU law rights and the EU Settlement Scheme
  • Contesting immigration decisions and enforcement
  • International
  • Daily and weekly news alerts
  • New and revised content
  • Major developments
  • Upcoming developments—Immigration calendar

Our Immigration calendar highlights the key forthcoming changes of interest to business immigration advisers.

UK immigration control: how it works

ONS revises UK migration estimates using new administrative data

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has refreshed the UK’s long-term international migration figures, adopting methodologies grounded in administrative sources from the Department for Work and Pensions’ Registration and Population Interaction Database (RAPID) and the Home Office’s Borders and Immigration (HOBI) system. These supersede the long‑used International Passenger Survey, which the ONS notes had been stretched beyond its original remit. The revisions indicate that net migration peaked earlier and at a higher level than first assessed—944,000 in the year to March 2023—before easing to 345,000 by December 2024. The updated approach delivers lower estimates for British nationals’ net migration, now put at –114,000, and raises EU+ estimates, reflecting improved precision from visa and travel data...

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