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Here are some of the latest stats for this year
1.In the year to September 2010 the overall number of entry clearance visas issued for work and study was 522,495, an increase of 9 per cent on 479,635 in the year to September 2009
2.In the year to December 2010 a total of 166,660 work-related visas were issued, an increase of 3 per cent on 162,450 in the year to December 2009.
3.The latest figures show that 623,000 NINos were allocated to non-UK nationals in the year to September 2010, 1 per cent higher than in the year to September 2009
4.In the year to December 2010 the number of A8 nationals successfully applying to work as an employee in the UK via the Worker Registration Scheme (WRS) was 117,000, an increase of 7 per cent on the year to December 2009
5.The provisional estimate of net long-term migration to the UK in the year to June 2010 was 226,000. This continues the increase since the year to December 2008, when net migration was 163,000
So there you have it.tough tories track on immigration turns out to be timid torrid turnaround to what they pledged.