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Next migration has long been a significant number for the government.

I think it's a show that net migration reached record levels last.

Rishi Sunaika said he's committed to bringing down immigration.

Hello, I'm Shalim McDonald and for this edition of More or Less

I'm going to be shining a light on the UK's immigration statistics.

Immigration, the number of people coming to live in the country

for more than 12 months.

I'll also be looking at the metric which has gained most attention

from politicians in recent years.

Net migration.

Net migration, the difference between the number of people

coming to live in the country, immigration,

and the number of people leaving to live elsewhere, immigration.

And yes, I'll touch on immigration too.

But first, immigration has been one of the most controversial topics

for many years.

On this show we'll keep coming back to the most recent figures for 2022,

which show that immigration is at its highest point ever,

around 1.2 million people.

There were just over half a million people who left the country,

making net migration, the amount added to the population,

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