{"id":5836,"date":"2015-08-28T10:52:29","date_gmt":"2015-08-28T09:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/?p=5836"},"modified":"2015-08-28T10:52:29","modified_gmt":"2015-08-28T09:52:29","slug":"migration-to-uk-hits-all-time-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/migration-to-uk-hits-all-time-high\/","title":{"rendered":"Migration to UK hits all-time high"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"UK<\/a>Net migration to the U.K. has risen to an all-time high with an estimated 330,000 extra people in Britain in the year to March, the Office for National Statistics reported on Thursday.
\nThe figure — the difference between the number entering Britain and those leaving — is 94,000 higher than the previous year and three times the government target. Immigration to the U.K. rose to 636,000 while emigration fell to 307,000.
\nThe increase was fueled by a record net migration of 269,000 EU nationals. The number of Romanian and Bulgarian arrivals nearly doubled from last year, the ONS said.
\nThe report came after the Conservative government announced new measures to tackle immigration by penalizing employers who hired foreigners who enter illegally and have no right to work in the U.K.
\nImmigration Minister James Brokenshire said it the new figures were \u201cdeeply disappointing\u201d, the BBC reported.
\nThe report said the number of asylum seekers rose by 10 percent to nearly 26,000 with Eritreans, Pakistanis and Syrians topping the list.
\nThe previous high of 318,000 came in 2005 during Tony Blair\u2019s premiership.<\/p>\n

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