Britain has recorded the steepest fall in long-term net migration into the country since records began in 1964, dropping by a third in the year after the vote to leave the European Union, authorities said Thursday. The hotly contested vote also fueled social unease and raised issues of cultural integration, particularly in regard to conservative Muslims. Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative government, which has long pledged to cut net immigration below 100,000 a year, said that the new figures show that worries about a "Brexodus" were unfounded. "There is no consent for uncontrolled immigration," immigration minister Brandon Lewis said. "We welcome the ongoing decrease in net migration levels and remain committed to bringing them down to sustainable levels, the tens of thousands."

Source: ABC News November 30, 2017 14:03 UTC