Data from the UK Office for National Statistics shows that from January to September 2013, the number of immigrants to the UK reached 212,000.
According to official data, the number of people flowing into the UK within nine months was 532,000, a significant increase from the 497,000 who arrived the previous year. Meanwhile, the number of people leaving the UK during the same nine-month period was only 320,000, a decrease from the 343,000 who left the year before. Consequently, the net increase in the number of immigrants was 58,000 higher than the previous year.
The new immigrants were primarily citizens from other EU member states, including those from Poland, Spain, Italy, and Portugal.
Among the new immigrants, 24,000 arrived from Romania and Bulgaria, compared to only 9,000 in 2012.
At the same time, as of September 2013, the number of immigrants from non-EU countries decreased year-on-year by 25,000.