General Article Targeting uncertainty? EU migration in the UK

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Today’s migration data release from the ONS makes the Government’s efforts to reduce net migration from 239,000 in 2010 (the number reported today) to the tens of thousands by 2015 more difficult than ever. Today’s figures show the highest annual level of net migration since 2004 and a 21% increase from 2009.
One of the key difficulties and uncertainties that the Government faces in hitting its overall net migration target is that there are several factors that the UK cannot control – with per...

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