Ed Conway says the country’s last period of negative net migration was not seen as a particularly positive story at the time – and major changes to the figures are invariably not a product of direct government policy.
By Ed Conway, Economics and data editor @EdConwaySky
Today Nigel Farage, the Reform leader, declared that “net migration should be zero”.
It’s a striking statement, given that migration totals are so high.
But it raises a question: when was the last time net migration was zero or negative – in other words, when the number of people entering the country did not exceed the number leaving the country?
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