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| MPs condemn official totals for migration as inadequate | MPs condemn official totals for migration as inadequate |
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| Figures for migration produced by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and the Home Office are inadequate for measuring the flow of people to and from the UK, a committee of MPs has said. | Figures for migration produced by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and the Home Office are inadequate for measuring the flow of people to and from the UK, a committee of MPs has said. |
| The all-party public administration select committee says that estimates of immigration, emigration and net migration are primarily based on a sample of about 5,000 migrants per year identified through the International Passenger Survey, which looks at people travelling through UK air and sea ports. | The all-party public administration select committee says that estimates of immigration, emigration and net migration are primarily based on a sample of about 5,000 migrants per year identified through the International Passenger Survey, which looks at people travelling through UK air and sea ports. |
| It claims this method is "subject to a large margin of error" and does not provide sufficient detail about "people migrating to and from the UK to judge properly the social and economic consequences of migration and the effects of immigration policy". The committee chair, Tory MP Bernard Jenkin, said: "Most people would be utterly astonished to learn that there is no attempt to count people as they enter or leave the UK. | It claims this method is "subject to a large margin of error" and does not provide sufficient detail about "people migrating to and from the UK to judge properly the social and economic consequences of migration and the effects of immigration policy". The committee chair, Tory MP Bernard Jenkin, said: "Most people would be utterly astonished to learn that there is no attempt to count people as they enter or leave the UK. |
| "They are amazed when they are told that government merely estimates that there are half a million immigrants coming into the UK each year. This is based on random interviews of around 800,000 people stopped and interviewed at ports and airports each year. | "They are amazed when they are told that government merely estimates that there are half a million immigrants coming into the UK each year. This is based on random interviews of around 800,000 people stopped and interviewed at ports and airports each year. |
| "Only around 5,000 of those are actual migrants, many of whom may be reticent to give full and frank answers, to say the least." | "Only around 5,000 of those are actual migrants, many of whom may be reticent to give full and frank answers, to say the least." |
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