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  Migration added 239,000 to Britain's population last year - because immigration remained high while Britons can no longer afford to leave the country to live abroad.
  
  The figure is more than a fifth higher than in 2009 and the second biggest annual total ever.
  
  The increase came despite Coalition promises to curb immigration. The number of immigrants - 575,000 last year - has run at a similar level for the past seven years.
  
  Matt Cavanagh, associate director of the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) think tank, slammed the figures, saying: 'Politicians shouldn't promise what they can't deliver, particularly on immigration.
  
  'Before the election, Conservatives and Liberal Democrats said immigration was out of control; afterwards, they said they would cut it dramatically. Neither was true.''
  
  A quarter of all all kids born were of foreign descent. The largest percentage being from Poland and Pakistan. However 4 out of every 5 Poles was working compared to 7 out of every 10 Brits.
  
  What amazes me is that 3 out of 4 students allowed into the country were from outside the EU. Surely that door should be closed as most people know that this is a back door for settlement,overstayers from those not normally allowed to live and stay in the UK. This door has to be shut.
  
  Even though these figures only cover the last 12 months of the Coalition governments reign their reply was as usual to blame it on the Labour Party. I wonder how long they will be allowed to get away with blaming the last govt before the 'joke wears thin' on the British public.
  
  Part of the above was extracted from the Mail for accuracy purposes.

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