Sentences with phrase «net migration levels»

The strategic judgment must be, that while he is unlikely to hit his chosen target of reducing net migration levels to «tens of thousands» by 2015, his policies will have made enough of a dent that voters will feel that, in contrast to the other two parties, at least the Conservatives tried.

NET MIGRATION LEVELS In the eighties and nineties under Conservative Government net immigration never rose above 77,000 a year.

The report concludes that to prevent Britain's population from reaching 70million net migration levels need to be reduced by 75 % from the present level of 237,000 people per year.

Not exact matches

«Our illustrative estimate of the long term impact of reduced net migration from the EU27 on UK GDP per capita after Brexit is negative, but relatively small compared to many other uncertainties about average UK income levels in 2030,» said Hawksworth.

Following five years of policies designed to reduce immigration, quarterly statistics released at the end of August showed net migration reaching the highest level on record, taking the government ever further from its goal of reducing net flows «from the hundreds of thousands to the tens of thousands.»

We believe the impacts of migration are better addressed though controlling immigration, which is why the government will reduce the level of net migration back down to the levels of the 1990s — tens of thousands each year, not hundreds of thousands.»

First, the mechanics of the shortfall: the government needs to reduce net migration by more than 142,000 per year from current levels to meet its goal of «the tens of thousands.»

Net migration stands at 212,000 — more than double the level Cameron said he wanted to get it down to in an off - the - cuff comment in 2010.

There is more to be done, but under the careful eye of Theresa May, immigration has now fallen to its lowest levels in a decade with net migration from outside the European Union at its lowest level for 14 years.

It is the absolutely the aim of these measures to bring net migration back to those sustainable levels, in the tens of thousands, that we saw before the last Labour Government wrecked the system.

We are determined to bring annual net migration back down to sustainable levels.

Confidence in the immigration system is low and has been for some time and the British public have consistently shown a desire to see net migration at far lower levels than we are currently seeing.

In the last decade or so, we have seen record levels of net migration in Britain, and that sheer volume has put pressure on public services, like schools, stretched our infrastructure, especially housing, and put a downward pressure on wages for working class people.

But the OBR says this can only be met thanks to high levels of net migration every year, well above the «tens of thousands» target which Mr Cameron has promised before two elections.

This is one of the ways we will reduce net migration back to the levels of the 1990s — tens of thousands not hundreds of thousands.

He told the BBC: «It is down to levels we have not seen, in terms of net migration from outside the EU, since 1998.

Immigration minister James Brokenshire insisted the government had not abandoned its target and its focus «absolutely remains on bringing net migration down to those sustainable levels».

Mr Brokenshire said in a tweet: «Honoured to have been asked to take on the role of immigration minister and to continue reducing net migration to sustainable levels.»

But the figures are still down on the levels of net migration reached in the early days of the coalition - revised ONS figures suggest it reached 263,000 in the year to September 2011.

As a result, EU net migration has now returned to the level last seen in 2012.

Net migration needs to be controlled at a level that is sustainable for the UK.

While net international migration has not reached prior levels, net domestic migration and natural increase [births minus deaths] have continued to rise, making Maricopa County this year's largest numeric gainer.»