evidence: More… - Family was the most common reason for coming to the UK among the foreign-born population in 2022, followed by work. Moving to the UK for work was more common among EU migrants, particularly those from newer member states in Central and Eastern Europe. [...] Most migrants in the UK were born in non-EU countries – 63%, according to the latest census. Indeed, the EU-born population in the UK is likely to have fallen in the early 2020s – net migration from EU countries became negative after 2021, with immigration from the bloc at low levels under the new immigration system (for more details, see the Migration Observatory’s briefing, EU Migration to and From the UK). [...] Work was the main reason for coming to the UK among EU migrants, while non-EU migrants were more likely to say they came for family reasons (Figure 6). The share of work migrants is particularly high among those from newer EU member states in Central and Eastern Europe. For more details about work migration and the jobs migrants do in the UK, see the Migration Observatory’s briefings, Work visas and migrant workers in the UK and Migrants in the UK Labour Market: An Overview.