Number of new emigrants from UK falls 56,000 in a yearPost by Cameron Davidson on 26th August 2010 in Industry news, Living abroad Net migration to Britain rose by 20 per cent to 196,000 in 2009 - and a large contributor to the figures was a 13 per cent fall in the number of Britons leaving to live abroad. The net migration figures, published by the Office for National Statistics, showed that the number of people coming to live in Britain compared with those moving abroad increased by 33,000 over the total recorded in 2008. Commentators believe that the rise will make it more difficult for Government ministers to achieve their target of reducing net migration numbers to their stated aim of "tens of thousands a year rather than hundreds of thousands". The annual statistics also show a further fall in the number of asylum seekers coming to Britain – down from 25,930 in 2008 to 24,485. The quarterly immigration and asylum figures for the 12 months to June show sharp falls in the number people coming to work in Britain under the points-based immigration system. A decline in the number of Britons undertaking international relocation for 12 months or more has moderated the increase in the net migration figure. The ONS estimates that the number of people going to live overseas fell from a peak of 427,000 in 2008 to 371,000 in 2009.
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