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Out campaigners have jumped on official figures showing net migration to Britain has increased to the second highest level on record. The figure for the year to December is estimated at 333,000 – 10,000 more than in the year to September. The Office for National Statistics said the rise was “not statistically significant” but Ukip leader Nigel Farage said: “Mass immigration is still hopelessly out of control and set to get worse if we Remain inside the EU, going on with disastrous open borders.” How many are coming from within the EU? Net migration of EU citizens was estimated at 184,000 – up on the previous year when it stood at 174,000, and the joint highest figure on record. Experts said the apparent increase as largely due to a rise in net migration by citizens from Bulgaria and Romania, from 44,000 to 58,000. The ONS revealed that in 2014 13%, or 8.3 million, of the UK resident population were born outside the UK – up from 9%, or 5.3 million, in 2004. The overall net migration figure is well above the Government’s aim of bringing the measure to below 100,000. The 2015 Tory manifesto set the “ambition” of reducing net migration to the “tens of thousands”. Is the 'tens of thousands' goal dead? Former Mayor London Boris Johnson said it was “certainly possible” to meet the tens of thousands target if Britain was outside the EU.
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campaigners, Britain, National Statistics, mass immigration, disastrous, EU, Bulgaria, Romania, net migration
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