Prime Minister Rishi Sunak sought to reassure the public he had a grip on migration after official figures on Thursday showed net long-term arrivals in the UK reached an all-time high of 606,000 in 2022.
But the Office for National Statistics’ figures suggest measures announced this week to stop overseas students bringing family members with them will make only a modest difference to the numbers over time.
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