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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.

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Role Contributor
Reporter Ros Atkins
Producer Joseph McAuley
Director Joseph McAuley
Executive Producer Adam Grimley
Commissioning Editor Karen Wightman

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