Net migration hits highest level on record
Net migration to Britain was an estimated 330,000 in the year to March - the highest figure on record, official figures have confirmed.
Record number of EU migrants arriving in UK
The number of EU citizens immigrating to the UK is at a record high, according to the Office for National Statistics.
- A total of 269,000 were estimated to have come to the UK in the year to March, up 26% on the previous year.
- 61% of EU citizens immigrating for work had a definite job offer.
- 39% were intending to look for a job rather than taking up an offer of employment.
- 53,000 Romanian and Bulgarian citizens immigrated to the UK - almost double the 28,000 in the previous 12 months.
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Figures expected to reveal record levels of immigration
Levels of immigration into the UK could be about to hit their highest ever point, as the latest figures are due to be released this morning.