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2023-12-12 09:42:43 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 5EBD44F14933A5A0590EF5F43C3565F14D69FD3AA55078ABC59002D496ACDE96
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The 745k migrants quoted is the number of net migrants to the UK, the vast majority of which had visas in advance. https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/internationalmigration/bulletins/longterminternationalmigrationprovisional/yearendingjune2023#immigration-to-the-uk Only ~81k sought asylum in 2022 https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn01403/. The Rwanda scheme only applies to asylum seekers
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