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1. How many people come to the UK each year (including visitors)?
There were an estimated 144.7 million passenger arrivals in the year ending June 2019 (including returning UK residents), a 4% increase compared to the previous year and the highest number on record. The latest available data (relating to year ending March 2019) show arrivals from British, other European Economic Area (EEA) and Swiss nationals increased by 7% to 124.4 million, while arrivals from Non-EEA nationals decreased by 7% to 19.6 million.
There were 3.0 million visas granted in the year ending June 2019, a 9% increase of 249,279 compared with the previous year, continuing the upward trend seen over the last decade. Of these, over three-quarters (77%) were to visit, 8% were to study (excluding short-term study), 6% were to work and 2% were for family reasons.
2. Why do people come to the UK?
2.1 Work
There were 185,465 work-related visas granted in the year ending June 2019, ...
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