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let s ta ke let s take a look at the latest figures released on immigrationjust before the general election was called. net migration in the uk, the difference between a number of people arriving and leaving, hit 10% last year after hitting a record high in 2022. in the year to december 2023, the number stood at 685,000 according to the office for national statistics. that s down from 76a,000 the year before. but the 0ns said it s too early to say if this is the start of a new downward trend . the biggest driver of migration last year was work. ben brindle is a researcher at the migration observatory at the university of oxford. he told us what the options are for filling the almosti million job vacancies across the uk. so migration is certainly one way of filling vacancies across the economy, but it s not the only way that they can be filled. so things that employers

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