Net migration nearly halved. So why has the argument not gone away? Start with the difference between arriving and staying. In twenty twenty-five, eight hundred and thirteen thousand people arrived, and six hundred and forty-two thousand left. That leaves net migration of one hundred and seventy-one thousand, down from a revised three hundred and thirty-one thousand a year earlier. It is not the number of all arrivals. The longer view matters. Here are the older survey estimates and the newer administrative estimates. We keep them separate because the counting changed. A lower annual flow does not rewind the number already living here, or instantly create homes, appointments and school places. Public concern is real. In August twenty twenty-six, sixty-one percent of adults in Great Britain named immigration as an important issue. That answer does not tell us whether someone opposes every migrant. Research finds views change when people are asked about different routes and occupations. Now meet a person behind a category. Doctor Inna Soldatenko fled Ukraine in twenty twenty-two. In Britain, she first worked in an NHS administrative role. Her route back to medicine required English, exams and support from colleagues. She became a specialist rheumatology doctor again. Here is the connection: newcomers can add demand for housing and services. They can also be the people staffing those services. The local balance cannot be read from one national total. Judge policy by lawful, timely decisions, workforce planning, recognition of skills and enough local capacity. Those are delivery questions, not slogans. Explore the figures, the different routes and the local picture at www dot uk-statpack dot co dot uk.