Net migration to the UK hit a record 745,000 last year — 139,000 higher than previously estimated — with big increases in non-EU nationals coming for work, the Office for National Statistics said on Thursday.
The ONS said there were signals that immigration is now beginning to fall — it added that net migration for the 12 months to June this year was 672,000 — but Britain’s record immigration remains highly politically contentious.
The sharp rise in immigration since the introduction of post-Brexit visa rules has caused alarm within the Conservative party, piling pressure on the new home secretary James Cleverly to cut numbers.
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