Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Eighth sitting) Debate
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Gavin Newlands
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Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Eighth sitting)
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Gavin Newlands (Paisley and Renfrewshire North) (SNP)
Just a small point on the statistics that the Minister cited. In the last year, there has been a 90% drop in the number of nurses coming from the EU to work in the UK.
Caroline Nokes
That gives me a marvellous opportunity—I might have to look at my hand to check the statistics—to say that the net migration statistics came out this morning; very hot off the press. Net migration of EU citizens to this country is still positive. The hon. Gentleman makes the point that there has been a drop-off, but we have seen—this gave me significant reassurance—that among the EU citizens who have been living and working here and exercising their right to free movement over the past year or so, the level of emigration is absolutely static. That gave me at least one statistic to cite, which is that 57,000 more EU citizens have come here over the past 12 months than have left.