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TL;DR
- Official figures indicate that EU migrants constituted two-thirds of net migration into Britain during its membership.
- Over 6.1 million EU Settlement Scheme applications have been approved since 2000, double the number cited by the Remain campaign.
- Britain's population grew by 18% between 2000 and 2025, with EU migration accounting for over half of this increase.
- Former Brexit Minister David Jones stated that Freedom of Movement deprived the electorate of control over immigration policy.
- Lord Redwood believes that restoring free movement would intensify problems with housing and jobs for the existing population.
- Romania, Poland, and Italy were the top countries of origin for EU migrants under the settlement scheme.
- The UK's immigration control was always possible if desired, according to Lord Redwood, despite the surge in non-EU migrants post-Brexit.
- A further 1,509,639 EU Settlement Scheme applications were submitted after the July 2021 deadline.