May could meet net migration target – by crashing the economy | Alan Travis
by Alan Travis Home affairs editor from on (#2NQXZ)
The prime minister knows the 'tens of thousands' target is unrealistic, and she must be hoping she never meets it
Theresa May's refusal to drop her undelivered target to cut net migration to below 100,000 is deeply corrosive of British politics, because she knows it is a target that is unlikely ever to be met.
Downing Street aides privately acknowledge that having failed to get net migration down to "the tens of thousands" for six consecutive years - net migration stands at 273,000 - they are just as unlikely to succeed in the next five years.
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