Image copyright PA Immigration to the UK has risen to a record level with 650,000 migrants in the year to June, the Office for National Statistics has said.
There was also a record number of EU citizens coming to live in Britain with the figure standing at 284,000.
Net migration – immigration minus emigration – remained at a near-record high at 335,000.
Most of the period covered by the figures was before the EU referendum.
Figures show 311,000 people came to live in the UK for work-related reasons.
But the ONS said there was a “statistically significant” rise in the number of people who were “looking for work”, 130,000, compared to 107,000 last year, as opposed to those who had a definite job to go to.
For the first time, Romania tops the list for the country with the most number of migrants to the UK – with 54,000 people coming to live in Britain.
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