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| Net migration to UK hits record 336,000, statistics show | |
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| Estimated net migration to the UK reached a record 336,000 in the year to June, Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures have shown. | |
| The figure - the difference between the number of people arriving and leaving - was 82,000 more than the previous year. | The figure - the difference between the number of people arriving and leaving - was 82,000 more than the previous year. |
| Statisticians said the latest rise was down to a "statistically significant" increase in the numbers of people arriving in the UK. | Statisticians said the latest rise was down to a "statistically significant" increase in the numbers of people arriving in the UK. |
| The government aims to get net migration down to five figures by 2020. | The government aims to get net migration down to five figures by 2020. |
| The net migration figure was also higher than the last provisional data, which showed the index at what was then a record 330,000 in the 12 months to March. This has since been revised up to 336,000 as well. | |
| The ONS data revealed that: | |
| Jay Lindop, head of population statistics at the ONS, said the latest figure "remains the highest on record". | |
| "Net migration has increased over the last year for both EU and non-EU nationals, with the majority of people migrating to the UK coming for work or study," she said. | |
| The ONS said the rise was due to a 62,000 increase in immigration to 636,000 and a 20,000 reduction in emigration to 300,000. | |
| More than two thirds of the immigration increase was driven by EU citizens, the majority of whom came to Britain to work. |