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# How to pronounce "net migration" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA**: `/nɛtmɪgræʃən/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **net·mi·gra·ti·on**

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (15 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "net migration" in real conversation:

### Example 1
> "around 49% of the survey suggests 49% of the people surveyed suggest that they think immigration is actually going up. So, net migration, should I say, is actually increasing. When you look at the stats, it's actually going down. So, there is a perception among many people that the numbers are going up. And I think that is down to, as you were saying, what's legal migration. Well, those people coming on the boats, for example, are"
- **Watch at 2:45**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdEscW9olFg&t=165s)

### Example 2
> "economy was wrong. And this is how V Cooper addressed that earlier. But if that approach was right, we would have seen when we saw that soaring level of net migration, that soaring level of overseas recruitment, well, we surely we would have seen soaring growth alongside it. And we didn't. Actually, what we saw was the economy flatline because by failing to invest in UK workers, that"
- **Watch at 9:08**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbkihzTnYi4&t=548s)

### Example 3
> "recently but does she think as many in Westminster do that the problems are a byproduct of the government's overall approach secretary do you agree that the net migration target has distorted the decision-making and led us to a lot of these problems oh I don't I don't think that's got anything to do with it have you passed the prime minister to get rid of the net migration target I have not discussed that with the prime minister"
- **Watch at 0:42**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6AyKTuxzZY&t=42s)

### Example 4
> "populists often don't offer real solutions. Um, you know, Trump talks about um undocumented Mexican migrants in the United States, but in fact, their net migration in recent years has been zero. And they take jobs that Americans don't want. Indeed, the American economy is built on on their relatively cheap labor. Or if you took, you know, some of the Europeans who are promoting Islamophobia as an answer to terrorism, you just had her builders talking in"
- **Watch at 4:00**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xW1TVzlVWGw&t=240s)

### Example 5
> "net inflow of migrants to the UK will slow official figures suggest a drop in net migration to 185,000 in 2021 from over 300,000 in 2015 funnily enough both say the same thing the number of migrants will go up if Britain stays what's lacking in those numbers is"
- **Watch at 0:42**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACGD30AS1V8&t=42s)

### Example 6
*Accent: US*
> "net migration into the state some out astounding number of them over 70% are"
- **Watch at 73:38**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fTsy5FRCSY&t=4418s)

### Example 7
*Accent: UK*
> "Net migration to the UK has risen to its second highest level on record, according to the latest official"
- **Watch at 23:48**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yB1QWvc1YHM&t=1428s)

### Example 8
> "their use and bring down overall migration. Our senior UK correspondent Seema Kotecha has been looking at the numbers. UK net migration, that's the difference between the number of people arriving and the number of people leaving, has dropped to 171,000 people in the year to December 2025. That's the lowest level since 20 12. So,"
- **Watch at 0:51**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdEscW9olFg&t=51s)

### Example 9
> "Statistics figures. He told us about what that tracker shows. It shows that most people will be surprised by this news today. We asked people whether they thought net migration had gone up or down in these figures, and a sixth of people thought it was falling, half of people thought it was going up. So, everyone's aware there were record levels of immigration in the last parliament. Relatively few people have heard about"
- **Watch at 4:52**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdEscW9olFg&t=292s)

### Example 10
> "report what the politicians are debating and the big rises and falls in student immigration or care home immigration are not as politically contested. So um I think net migration might go to about zero next year and the year after, and so the debate is bound to shift a bit. But then we have a new debate. What is a sustainable level? The Treasury's figures add up when net migration is at 200,000. Um this will cost the government money. So it might be a"
- **Watch at 6:33**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdEscW9olFg&t=393s)


## How to Pronounce "net migration"

- **Syllables**: net · mi · gra · ti · on
- **IPA**: `/nɛtmɪgræʃən/`
- **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech.

## Related Pronunciations

[net](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/net), [migration](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/migration)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce “net migration”?
“net migration” is pronounced /nɛtmɪgræʃən/ (net · mi · gra · ti · on). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation.

### How many syllables are in “net migration”?
“net migration” has 5 syllables: net · mi · gra · ti · on.

### How can I hear “net migration” used in real sentences?
This page has 15 real-world video examples of “net migration” with synchronized subtitles. Use Previous / Next (or ← / → keys) to hear each one at the exact moment it is spoken.


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