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Retirement Sir Andrew Green, chairman of the population think-tank Migrationwatch, said: “There is no sign
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Cruises In the final three months of 2009, 61,715 student visas were issued, an astonishing rise of 92
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The Tories said the figures were an indictment of Labour’s complete failure to get a grip on
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Britain’s borders.
Richard and Shadow Immigration Minister Damian Green said: “These are the last immigration figures
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column now came from eastern Europe. A total of 371,000 people left the country in the 12 months to June
last year, giving a total net immigration figure of 147,000.
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The number of Poles registering to work fell by a quarter at the end of last year, although there
are still more than half a million in the UK.
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column now 503,000 from Poland, 433,000 from Pakistan, 408,000 from Ireland and 295,000 from Germany.
Senior Tory backbencher Nicholas Soames and former Labour minister Frank Field, who co-
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In a joint statement they added: “The Government’s points-based system has had little effect,
despite claims to the contrary.
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Brewer “We are still on course for a populationof 70 million in 20 years or so – 70 per cent of this
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Lib Dem home affairs spokesman Chris Huhne added: “Public confidence and trust in the
migration system has been shattered by decades of mismanagement. Exit checks must be
reintroduced immediately.”
But Immigration Minister Phil Woolas said: “Asylum applications for the last three months of
2009 were the lowest since the early 1990s.

“Net migration is down, and the new UK Border Agency is increasingly successful.” Incredibly,
he added: Our border has never been stronger.”

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