howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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At least a third of migrant workers in England and Wales are not included in annual net migration figures, a report has showed.
Migrants who stay for less than a year are not counted in official estimates, but were 'a significant part of the migrant workforce' between mid-2004 and mid-2009.
The report, by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), found 97,000 short-term migrant workers came to England and Wales in the year to mid-2009, but were not included in the official 168,000 figure for those staying more than a year.