UK immigration statistics underestimated total by 350,000 in a decade
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19:25 11/04/2014
The UK's Office for National Statistics says that it underestimated the true extent of immigration from Eastern Europe between 2001 and 2011 by about 350,000. It says that the error occurred because...
Half workers in some factories are immigrants, says UK PM
17:25 01/11/2013
David Cameron, the UK's Prime Minister, has said that young Britons are being outcompeted for jobs by foreign workers because of their 'can do attitude'. Mr Cameron said that there was a danger that...
One million immigrants flock to Germany in 2012
13:52 14/05/2013
Official figures show that the economic crisis in southern Europe may be speeding the rate of immigration within the European Union. The figures suggest that 1.08m people moved to Germany from within...
COMMENT – UK's EU dilemma over Romanian/Bulgarian immigration estimates
16:31 07/03/2013
By Alex Owen The UK government has got itself into trouble over immigration figures again. The UK press has been asking government ministers for an estimated figure of the number of Romanians and...
UK opposition leader says immigration is 'too high'
19:36 08/10/2012
The leader of the United Kingdom's Labour Party Ed Miliband has given an interview to the BBC's lunchtime news programme The World at One. In an interview on Thursday 4th October 2012, the opposition...
Germany sees substantial increase in immigrant numbers
19:30 19/05/2012
Immigration to Germany has increased substantially, reaching its highest level in 16 years , according to government figures. The immigration increase is partially due to the thousands of arrivals...
