THE TELEGRAPH: Britain is experiencing unprecedented levels of immigration with more than half a million foreigners arriving to live here in a single year, new figures show.
Last year, 510,000 foreign migrants came to the UK to stay for at least 12 months, according to the Office for National Statistics. At the same time 400,000 people, more than half of whom were British, emigrated.
An exodus on this scale - amounting to one British citizen leaving the country every three minutes - has not been seen in the UK for almost 50 years.
Overall in 2006, there were a record 591,000 new arrivals. Only 14 per cent of these were Britons coming home. Immigration out-paces British exodus (more) By Philip Johnston
National Statistics: Emigration from UK reaches 400,000 in 2006 (PDF)
Tegraph Speakers Corner: Why are so many Britons leaving?
Mark Alexander
