David Cameron has insisted he can meet his target to reduce net migration to the tens of thousands despite new figures showing the number had soared.
Figures showed net-migration rose to 318,000 last year - the highest figure since 2005.
After announcing new plans to cut immigration, Mr Cameron told ITV News' Romilly Weeks that he would not abandon his target, saying the figures showed "how much work we have to do".
The Government has "catastrophically" failed to control immigration, Ukip has said.
After new figures showed net migration to the UK soared to 318,000 in 2014, Nigel Farage, the party's leader, said David Cameron's claim to be "pulling up the drawbridge" was "absurd".
Ukip's only MP, Douglas Carswell, said Government plans to strip illegal workers of their pay were "mad" and would "persecute a handful of illegal workers".
Steven Woolfe, the party's migration spokesperson added: “Today’s government announcement on illegal migration is a smoke screen to mask today’s appalling immigration statistics.
"In almost every area, net migration, overall UK immigration, EU immigration, non-EU immigration, sham marriages, bogus students, overstayers; the government has failed catastrophically."
Make no mistake, these fresh net migration figures are absolutely terrible for the Government.
David Cameron will unveil plans later today for "radical" new laws to control immigration that include seizing the wages of illegal workers.