UK immigration stats: headline figure will not tell the whole story
by Peter Walker Deputy political editor from World news | The Guardian on (#6BWRD)
Release on Thursday has already prompted responses from politicians but complex factors behind probable rise in numbers coming
The release of official statistics is often the focus of political scrutiny, but the latest annual figures for overall net migration to the UK, due Thursday at 9.30am, are sufficiently anticipated they have prompted two separate policy announcements already.
On Tuesday, Suella Braverman rushed through a plan to reduce the number of people arriving via student visas by greatly limiting the scope for them to bring along family members.
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