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Published Aug 30 2012 by Telegraph

Population growing by 216,000 a year despite visa cuts

Britains population is still growing by more than 200,000 people a year despite a sharp cut in the number of visas being given to overseas students. New figures show that the Government is still nowhere near achieving its goal of cutting net migration to the...

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