The New Statesman
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Most voters believe annual net migration figure to be announced tomorrow (25 May) is alarmingly high and should be reduced.
Few people strongly oppose any of the elements that make up the visa-controlled inflow.
If Labour wins the next election it will inherit net migration numbers that are bound to return to normal levels.
Immigration is a cause of deep cynicism with politics, especially in the wake of so many Tory failures to reduce it.
Only once in this century has the figure been over 200,000, and in most years it has been under 100,000.
Since it is over-rapid demographic change that most people really worry about, Labour should pledge to keep increases in permanent residence below 150,000 a year.
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