Net immigration figures out today of 685,000.
A 10% drop from the year before:
Net migration to UK fell 10% last year, ONS says https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce99y7l741po
Adding context to a big scary number? It will never catch on. Nobody wants to know that 685,000 in a population of 68million is a terrifying 1%....
Well if you want context, 685,000 is not far short of the population of Bristol.
How many homes are there in Bristol?
How many Schools are there in Bristol?
How many GP surgeries are there in Bristol?
How many hospitals are there in Bristol?
Etc,etc,etc
If you abolished Bristol and dispersed all the Bristolians around the UK, no one would take much notice as it wouldn't have much impact on communities around the country, but do it year after year and people start to see the effects in their area.
You only have to look at the problems not just here in blighty, but across Europe.
France has no end of problems, as does Germany. And just look at the problems in Sweden.
Ireland have also been given a kicking as they have such a small population.
Also...the figure of 685,000 is likely to be rounded up.
The previous year the figure was 606,000 before being rounded up to almost 750,000.