Neon Knight
08-28-2015, 02:16 AM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34071492
Net migration to the UK is at an all-time high, reaching 330,000 in the year to March, the Office for National Statistics has said. The figure - the difference between the number entering the country and those leaving - is more than three times higher than the government's target. Immigration Minister James Brokenshire called the rise "deeply disappointing".
Figures also show 8.3m people were born abroad - 13% of the UK population - the first time the number has passed 8m.
UKIP leader Nigel Farage said the "figures reflect 'Borderless Britain' and total impotence of the British government" and called on the prime minister to negotiate controls on migration from EU countries.
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Other than EU countries, the nation with the highest number of citizens migrating to the UK in the 12 months to June was China, with 89,593 arrivals
India is the most common non-UK country of birth in the UK population - 793,000 UK residents were born in India.
Polish is the most common non-British nationality, with 853,000 residents (including those born in the UK) describing their nationality as Polish
8.4% of UK residents - 5.3 million people - have a non-British nationality.
53,000 Romanian and Bulgarian citizens moved to the UK in the last year - almost double the 28,000 in the previous 12 months.
There were 25,771 asylum applications in the year to June 2015, an increase of 10% compared with the previous 12 months.
A total of 11,600 people were granted asylum or an alternative form of protection. The peak was in 2002 when there were 84,000 applications, of which 28,400 people were allowed to stay in the UK.
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The big picture:
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Net migration to the UK is at an all-time high, reaching 330,000 in the year to March, the Office for National Statistics has said. The figure - the difference between the number entering the country and those leaving - is more than three times higher than the government's target. Immigration Minister James Brokenshire called the rise "deeply disappointing".
Figures also show 8.3m people were born abroad - 13% of the UK population - the first time the number has passed 8m.
UKIP leader Nigel Farage said the "figures reflect 'Borderless Britain' and total impotence of the British government" and called on the prime minister to negotiate controls on migration from EU countries.
http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/C67A/production/_85201805_net_migration_624.png
Other than EU countries, the nation with the highest number of citizens migrating to the UK in the 12 months to June was China, with 89,593 arrivals
India is the most common non-UK country of birth in the UK population - 793,000 UK residents were born in India.
Polish is the most common non-British nationality, with 853,000 residents (including those born in the UK) describing their nationality as Polish
8.4% of UK residents - 5.3 million people - have a non-British nationality.
53,000 Romanian and Bulgarian citizens moved to the UK in the last year - almost double the 28,000 in the previous 12 months.
There were 25,771 asylum applications in the year to June 2015, an increase of 10% compared with the previous 12 months.
A total of 11,600 people were granted asylum or an alternative form of protection. The peak was in 2002 when there were 84,000 applications, of which 28,400 people were allowed to stay in the UK.
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The big picture:
http://www.migrationwatchuk.com/images/latest-immigration-stats/latest-im-stats.png