DAVID Cameron was urged to redouble his efforts to control immigration to Britain after new figures showed net migration was still more than double his target.
The Prime Minister has pledged to reduce net migration – the number of people entering the UK minus those leaving – to below 100,000 by 2015.
However, the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics showed net migration in the year to December 2011 was 216,000, some 36,000 lower than the previous year, but not a statistically significant difference, the agency said.
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