Overall net migration was broadly stable in the year to September Getty ImagesNet migration from outside the EU has hit its highest level for 15 years as the figure for the EU has dropped to the lowest in nine years. A rise in students from China and India, along with migrants coming to work, helped to push the numbers from outside the EU to more than a quarter of a million. Just under 100,000 Chinese students were given visas to study in the UK, while numbers from India jumped more than a third to 19,500 last year. Overall net migration— the difference between those arriving and those leaving for more than a year — was broadly stable in the year to September 2018. Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that net migration increased from…

Source: The Times February 28, 2019 12:00 UTC