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| Immigration to the UK has risen to a record level with 650,000 migrants in the year to June, the Office for National Statistics has said. | Immigration to the UK has risen to a record level with 650,000 migrants in the year to June, the Office for National Statistics has said. |
| There was also a record number of EU citizens coming to live in Britain with the figure standing at 284,000. | There was also a record number of EU citizens coming to live in Britain with the figure standing at 284,000. |
| Net migration - immigration minus emigration - remained at a near-record high at 335,000. | |
| Most of the period covered by the figures was before the EU referendum but includes one week after the poll. | |
| Net migration to the UK was the second highest figure on record - just behind the 336,000 for the 12 months to June 2015. | |
| The number is still significantly higher that the government's target of "tens of thousands" by 2020. | |
| Net migration from the EU was the highest figure on record with the number standing at 189,000. | |
| Figures show 311,000 people came to live in the UK for work-related reasons. | |
| But the ONS said there was a "statistically significant" rise in the number of people who were "looking for work", 130,000, compared to 107,000 last year, as opposed to those who had a definite job to go to. | |
| For the first time, Romania tops the list for the country with the most number of migrants to the UK - with 54,000 people coming to live in Britain. | |
| Nicola White, head of international migration statistics at the ONS, said it was "too early to say what effect, if any the EU referendum has had on long-term international migration." | |
| She added: "There does not however appear to have been any significant impact during the run-up to the vote." |