Policy and legislative changes affecting migration to the UK: timeline
Contains details of policy changes, together with information on changes to immigration legislation that affect immigration statistics.
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Update history
2026-05-21 09:30
Updated to accompany publication of ‘Immigration system statistics, year ending March 2026’.
2026-02-26 09:30
Updated to accompany publication of ‘Immigration system statistics, year ending December 2025’.
2025-11-27 09:30
Updated to accompany publication of ‘Immigration system statistics, year ending September 2025’.
2025-08-21 09:30
Updated to accompany publication of ‘Immigration system statistics, year ending June 2025’.
2025-05-22 09:30
Updated to accompany ‘Immigration system statistics, year ending March 2025’.
2025-02-27 09:30
Updated to accompany publication of ‘Immigration system statistics, year ending December 2024’.
2024-11-28 09:30
Updated to accompany ‘Immigration system statistics, year ending September 2024’.
2024-08-22 09:30
Updated to accompany ‘Immigration system statistics, year ending June 2024’.
2024-05-23 09:30
Updated to accompany ‘Immigration system statistics, year ending March 2024’.
2024-02-29 09:30
Updated to accompany publication of ‘Immigration system statistics, year ending December 2023’.
2023-11-23 09:30
Updated to accompany publication of ‘Immigration system statistics, year ending September 2023’.
2023-08-24 09:30
Updated to accompany publication of ‘Immigration system statistics, year ending June 2023’.
2023-05-25 09:30
Updated to accompany ‘Immigration system statistics, year ending March 2023’.
2023-02-23 09:30
Updated to accompany ‘Immigration system statistics, year ending December 2022’.
2022-11-24 09:30
Updated to accompany ‘Immigration statistics, year ending September 2022’.
2022-08-25 09:30
Updated to accompany ‘Immigration statistics, year ending June 2022’.
2022-05-26 09:30
Updated to accompany ‘Immigration statistics, year ending March 2022’.
2022-02-24 09:30
Updated to accompany ‘Immigration statistics, year ending December 2021’.