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More people left the UK last year than in any year since 1991, statistics just released suggest.More people left the UK last year than in any year since 1991, statistics just released suggest.
Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) suggest that some 385,000 people left the UK for the long term in the year to mid-2006.Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) suggest that some 385,000 people left the UK for the long term in the year to mid-2006.
Long-term migration into the UK, meanwhile, was 574,000.Long-term migration into the UK, meanwhile, was 574,000.
The figures suggest that there were 159,00 more births than deaths and that the total population grew by 349,000 to 60,587,000 - an increase of 0.6%. The figures suggest there were 159,000 more births than deaths and that the total population grew by 349,000 to 60,587,000 - an increase of 0.6%.