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Full question: “Net migration” is the number that the population has increased by when you take the number moving to the UK and minus the number who have moved abroad from the UK. It has been predicted that net migration to the UK will come close to 1 million. This would be a record high for net migration. The government’s stated aim is to reduce the “net migration” figures. Which of the following do you think would do this most effectively? “ Focusing on reducing the numbers of…

All questions relevant to this website that were asked on the same poll:

• Should Britain rejoin the EU, remain outside but negotiate a closer relationship, remain outside with the same relationship as now, or remain outside and negotiate a more distant relationship?
• Do you think that immigration into the UK is currently, too high, too low, or about right? (3-point scale)
• Would a Labour government lead by Keir Starmer or a Conservative government led by Boris Johnson/ Liz Truss/ Rishi Sunak be best at handling immigration?
• What do you think should be the most important aim for the UK Government’s immigration policy?
• To reduce net migration figures, do you think it would be more effective to focus on reducing the level of illegal immigration, legal immigration for the purposes of work, or legal immigration for the purposes of study?
• Do you think the ONS should include students alongside working and non-working migrants in its net migration number?
• Do you think Brexit has made migration higher, lower, or that it has made no difference?