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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lizzie Dearden,Archie Mitchell and Adam Forrest

‘What’s the point of Suella Braverman?’ Home secretary nowhere to be seen as migration hits record high

EPA

Home secretary Suella Braverman has been accused of “going to ground” after figures revealed that net migration had hit a record high of 606,000 with around 1.2 million people arriving to live in the UK in 2022.

The new figures, released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on Thursday, have fuelled accusations that the government has “lost control” of immigration despite a 2019 manifesto pledge to bring overall numbers down.

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