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What's driven UK's astounding immigration levels - including some unprecedented highs

What's driven UK's astounding immigration levels - including some unprecedented highs

One of the great tragedies of the way immigration policy has been debated in this country for years, if not decades, is that the conversation is mostly voiced in emotive rather than rational terms.

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