Theresa May has no hope of reducing immigration to 100,000 a year after Brexit, ...

Theresa May has no hope of reducing immigration to 100,000 a year after Brexit - because nothing will change, think-tank warns Migration Watch UK says levels of immigration will not be significantly reduced They estimate 270,000 people a year will move to the UK even under new rules If correct, it means the population of England would hit 60million in ten years  

By Steve Doughty Social Affairs Correspondent For The Daily Mail

Published: 00:01 BST, 19 April 2019 | Updated: 09:29 BST, 19 April 2019

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Theresa May has no chance of hitting her target of reducing immigration to 1990s levels after Brexit, a think-tank said yesterday.

The rate of net migration will be barely changed, Migration Watch UK said.

It published estimates based on the prospect that under future immigration rules, skilled workers will be allowed to come and live in Britain if their earnings are £30,000 a year or more.

Immigration levels are unlikely to be reduced even after the UK leaves the European Union, according to Migration Watch [File photo]

Immigration levels are unlikely to be reduced even after the UK leaves the European Union, according to Migration Watch [File photo]

If that happens, immigration will add 270,000 people a year to the

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