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three times the pre brexit average of 200 250,000 a year. let s speak to mikejones, who is executive director at migration watch, a british think tank which argues for lower immigration in the uk. the first thing we should say when we talk about those pre brexit figures, there s an awful lot of stuff that s happened since then. indeed. public opinion is strongly in favour of stricter immigration controls, and there is a widespread belief that this is the government s objective too. there is this sort of common belief that if there s a spike in immigration, it s to government lapses, possibly involving illegal entry or exploitation of the asylum system. but in reality, the spike in immigration results in deliberate policy, not its failure. so the figures have leapt from 606,000 to a staggering 745,000. and this reveals a betrayal of the government s policy to take back control, causing inflation numbers to go into the tens of thousands, and the numbers at 670,000 - tens of tho

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