The survey from the More in Common think tank also found that voters do not think Labour was responsible for the fall in net migration, despite Sir Keir Starmer claiming credit for it.
Figures from the Office for National Statistics last month showed net migration fell to 431,000 in the year ending December 2024, compared with 860,000 in the year ending December 2023.
However, most Britons think the numbers are still too high. Fifty-seven per cent said the net migration figure of 431,000 was too high, while only 16 per cent thought it was “about right” and 8 per cent thought it too low.
But after the migration figures were published, Starmer caused controversy with a post on X which implied Labour had been responsible for the reduction. He said: “We have nearly halved net migration in the last year.”
However, the polling also makes poor reading for the Tories – who presided over net migration peaking at 906,000 – with just 17 per cent crediting them for the latest decrease.
Ed Hodgson, associate director at More in Common, said: “With immigration increasingly a top concern for voters, it is no surprise that the public have responded positively to this fall in net migration.
“The next question is whether Labour can meet the public’s high demand for stronger action on immigration, while maintaining their broad coalition of voters which is currently spilling out on left and right.”
On Saturday, 1,194 people arrived in 18 small boats – the highest number of migrants recorded on a single day so far in 2025.
He went on: “We’ve now got an agreement and cooperation with the French to change their rules to allow the police to be able to disrupt these gangs and these smugglers when they’re in the water not just on the shore.
“What we now need is to work more closely with the French to persuade them to put that into operation.”
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