Latest migration figures give UK government little scope to back down over EU migrants’ access to benefits

The United Kingdom Home Office issued on the 26 November 2015 ‘Immigration statistics July to September 2015', whch gives an overview of work on immigration control, entry clearance, asylum and enforcement within the Home Office, including the work of UK Border Force and UK Visas and Immigration.

Net migration to the UK was 336,000 in the year ending June 2015, according to the provisional estimates.

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ESO: Background information: Net migration to UK hits record high of 330,000 http://www.europeansources.info/record/net-migration-to-uk-hits-record-high-of-330000/

UK: ONS: Migration Statistics Quarterly Report http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/migration1/migration-statistics-quarterly-report/index.html

UK: GOV.UK: Home Office, 26.11.15: Immigration statistics, July to September 2015 https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2015

BBC News, 26.11.15: Net migration to UK hits record 336,000, statistics show http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34931725

ESO: Background information: Migrants, benefits and the UK’s renegotiation: questions and answers http://www.europeansources.info/record/migrants-benefits-and-the-uks-renegotiation-questions-and-answers/

ESO: In Focus: Brexit - The United Kingdom and the European Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/brexit-the-united-kingdom-and-the-european-union/

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