The move also slowed the annual exodus of jobs to 8,000, estimates Inman, compared with a previous 10,000 to 15,000.
Chris Ratcliff of adult broadcaster Portland TV has said the changes put the UK industry at a disadvantage compared with overseas competitors, and predicted there would be "an exodus of companies" from the country.
Overall, illegal immigration is down compared with recent years, but violence and deteriorating economies are driving this exodus.
Generation Rent said the exodus had taken place during a period in which house prices in London rose by 37%, compared with 16% in the UK as a whole, and rents increased by 10%, compared with 4% outside London.
The exodus is driven by a lack of Spanish-speaking priests, the large size of many parishes compared with small, homey evangelical churches and the array of religious choices offered to immigrants who have left Catholic-dominated countries.
He notes that the decline in the number of blacks is due to a net exodus since black births still outnumber deaths, and that blacks remain the city's biggest group, at 34.2 percent, compared with 31.3 percent of whites and 28.1 percent Hispanics.
They reveal the exodus from the scandal-hit Co-op Bank slowing during those three months, with the bank reporting a new loss of 8,994 accounts, compared with a drop of 19,103 in the previous quarter.
Unemployment stands at 63% compared with 20% at the start of the intifada, 5,000 families are defined as destitute, and 80% of its residents depend on aid, either international or Islamic.There is also a slow but clear exodus from the city, with many of the young and educated moving to the centre of the West Bank, or to Jordan and the Gulf.
