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Net migration to the UK up but increase 'not statistically significant' for EU and non-EU immigrants Net migration to the UK up but increase 'not statistically significant' for EU and non-EU immigrants
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Estimated net migration of EU citizens to the UK was 172,000 in the year to September 2015, figures published by the Office for National Statistics show.  Net migration to the UK is rising, with more than double the number of people arriving than leaving the country in 2015.
The number was a slight increase on 2014, when the figure was 158,000, and non-EU net migration was also slightly up at 191,000. Estimates for the year from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) put net long-term migration at 323,000, an increase of around 10 per cent from the previous year.
Asylum applications also rose for the fifth successive year to 38,878, an increase of 20 per cent. “The latest increase in net migration was not statistically significant compared with 2014,” a spokesperson said. “This net increase was the result of a decrease in emigration from 323,000…and immigration being at a similar level to the previous year.”
More to follow The number of EU citizens arriving, 172,000, saw a slight increase on 2014 and non-EU net migration was also slightly up at 191,000.
But the ONS said the rises were “not statistically significant” for either group, although a 15,000 jump in immigration from EU2 countries – Romania and Bulgaria – was notable.
Asylum applications also rose for the fifth successive year to 38,878, an increase of 20 per cent, but the refugee crisis has not pushed the figure anywhere near the 2002 peak of 103,000.
Most refugees came from Eritrea, followed by Iran, Pakistan, Sudan and Syria. The additional 1,200 Syrians granted humanitarian protection under the Government’s resettlement scheme were not counted in the figure.