LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 28: Border Force check the passports of passengers arriving at Gatwick Airport on May 28, 2014 in London, England. Border Force is the law enforcement command within the Home Office responsible for the security of the UK border by enforcing immigration and customs controls on people and goods entering the UK. Border Force officers work at 140 sea and airports across the UK and overseas. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

Young people are leaving the UK at a faster rate than any other age group, official figures have revealed.

The Office for National Statistics data showed that net migration – the number of people arriving in Britain minus those leaving – plummeted from 649,000 to 204,000 in the 12 months to the end of June this year.

Overall, 693,000 people left the UK over the same period – the largest exodus of people from the country in more than 100 years.

Keir Starmer described the statistics as “a step in the right direction” as Labour tries to keep its pre-election pledge to reduce immigration.

But Labour’s critics raised the alarm on social media about the fact that nearly 180,000 British nationals aged between 16 and 30 left the UK in the year to March.

Over the same period, 21,000 under-16s left, as did 35,000 35 to 44-year-olds, 18,000 45 to 54-year-olds and 6,000 55 to 64-year-olds.

Young people are fleeing the UK.

Reform UK’s Zia Yusuf said young people had been “betrayed” by the Tories and Labour.

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