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In defence of the latest high migration figures

24 November 2023

5:05 AM

24 November 2023

5:05 AM

The debate over migration figures released today seems to be whether or not we’ve reached a new ‘record high’. The Office for National Statistics reports net migration rose 672,000 in the year to June. This would have been a record high if the ONS hadn’t also revised last year’s figures up by a staggering 140,000 to 745,000.

This seems, to me, to be a technicality.

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