IPPR has responded to today’s migration and asylum statistics from the Home Office and Office for National Statistics which reveal that:Net migration in the calendar year 2025 was 171,000, a fall from 331,000 compared to the year before. This is the lowest level of net migration since the Covid-19 pandemic. The fall is primarily driven by a reduction in immigration of non-EU workers and their dependants.The backlog of people awaiting an initial asylum decision reached around 48,800 at the end of