Immigration Rates In UK Are Actually Lower Than Reported, New Study Claims

There has been much clamor when it comes to the immigration numbers in the United Kingdom. And that is why the government has been pushing for an exit from the European Union so much so that they could have better control over the border and thus be able to have total control over the immigration numbers. If the plan to do the exit pushes through, this should also mean that the UK would then be putting a limit when it comes to the number of immigrants that the country would allow.

The plans have set the limit of immigrants to less than 100,000 for each year. And that is because the numbers that have been reported are claiming that the number of immigrants coming in each year is quite high and has been continuing to go up. However, as of recent, there have been reports claiming that the number of immigrants coming in the country has started to go down already. Aside from that, a new study has claimed that the rates are far lower than what has been reported previously.

The numbers are lower

According to the new study on immigration in the United Kingdom, 97% of all students from other countries actually do not continue living in the country after they finish their studies. This is as with regards to a new check that has been done on the immigration numbers. With that, this definitely means that the rate of immigration in the country is far lower than what had been reported before. So this means that the clamor for better control on the borders just may not be that necessary since the numbers really do not seem to be quite high as thought earlier.

There have also been claims that tens of thousands of these international students decide to stay in the UK though illegally after their studies have been completed. However, the checks on the exit data show that this is not quite true. So that means that the numbers definitely are lower and that the previous reports do not contain factual information.

The difference in the numbers

The Telegraph, a newspaper in the UK, was behind the study and they did consult with sources from Whitehall. According to the new information that they were able to collect, there is a huge discrepancy in the numbers that have been reported and the new numbers that they were able to put together. The current rate is at around 248,000 individuals for each year. That is a rough estimate. However, the new numbers actually show that the real number may actually be lower by tens of thousands and that sure is a huge difference.

The new numbers were published recently by the newspaper. The Home Office also is planning on doing a new study themselves.

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