Outrage as UK Sees 53% Surge in Immigration
Britain has seen the biggest immigration surge of any wealthy nation in the past year, with the latest figures from the OECD revealing a staggering rise. A total of 746,900 “permanent-type” migrants arrived in the UK in 2023 –an eye-watering 52.9% increase from 488,400 in 2022. And that doesn’t include students…
Reform UK Deputy Leader Richard Tice slammed the figures, telling Guido:
“For fourteen years the Tories promised us action on immigration and instead all we were left with was the highest numbers on record. This latest report is a damning indictment of fourteen years of Tory rule. Mass immigration has made us all poorer and has damaged social cohesion. Quite simply, this has been one of the biggest policy failures in modern British history. Now the OBR have predicted what we have all known, Labour will not put an end to mass immigration and will continue with this failed Tory experiment. Only Reform are serious about ending mass immigration and controlling our borders once and for all.”
The UK came in second for the highest number of raw immigrant arrivals, with 750,000 newcomers—only the US, welcoming 1.2 million, had more. On top of that, Britain outranked every other OECD country in handing out student visas. Meanwhile, Rupert Lowe MP branded the Labour government an “absolute disgrace” after it was revealed 3.3 million foreign nationals received Universal Credit every month since April 2019. Reform piling the pressure on Labour…
