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Immigration: The UK’s Record Rise

Ros Atkins explores how net migration to the UK has hit record levels, when the government promised in the wake of Brexit that immigration would be lower.

Over the past couple of years, net migration to the UK has hit record levels. So how has that happened, when the government promised in the wake of Brexit that immigration would be lower? Ros Atkins crunches the numbers and explores the political choices behind them. He meets the people running businesses who say they need immigration, and those who say the UK can’t sustain the current numbers.

28 minutes

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RoleContributor
ReporterRos Atkins
ProducerJoseph McAuley
DirectorJoseph McAuley
Executive ProducerAdam Grimley
Commissioning EditorKaren Wightman

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