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Net migration reaches all-time high of 330,000 - more than triple the Tories' target

Source: Hayden Smith – The Mirror, 27/08/2015

The total is more than triple the Tories' target - and comes after the
party tried to bury the figures under their House of Lords announcement
Net migration to Britain is at an all time high, official figures have
confirmed.

The 330,000 total is more than triple the Tories' 100,000 target - and
comes after the party tried to bury the figures under their House of
Lords announcement.

The key measure - the difference between the number of people entering
and the number leaving - was an estimated 330,000 in the year to March.
This is 10,000 above the highest figure on record, which was 320,000
for the year ending June 2005, and an increase of more than a third
compared to the same period last year.

Immigration Minister James Brokenshire said the new figures are
"deeply disappointing".

It is the fifth consecutive quarterly rise in the index - raising new
questions about the Tories' aim to bring the number below 100,000.
The increase was driven by a record 269,000 EU citizens arriving in
Britain.

Statistics also showed, as expected, that Britain's foreign-born
population has surpassed eight million for the first time.

Labour MP Keith Vaz, chairman of the parliamentary home affairs
committee, said: "These record breaking figures are shocking.

"Only one month ago Theresa May told the home affairs committee that
net migration of under 100,000 was her target.

"This is clearly not going to happen. Broken promises on migration do
not build confidence
The Government insists it is acting to control immigration and claimed
the figures should be a "wake up call for the EU" amid an
unprecedented surge of arrivals into the bloc.

"These stark figures are deeply disappointing," said Mr Brokenshire.

"While these figures underline the challenges we need to meet
to reduce net migration, they should also act as a further wake-up
call for the EU.

"Current flows of people across Europe are on a scale we haven't seen
since the end of the Second World War.

"This is not sustainable and risks the future economic development of
other EU member states. It reinforces the need for further reform at
an EU level as well as within the UK."

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