This is from 2016 - shortly after the Brexit vote
'Migration is higher than ever before '
Annual net migration actually dipped in the year to September compared to the record-setting figures on the 12 months to June, from 336,000 to 323,000.
Although the latest number is still a rise on 2014, only 2,000 more people immigrated to the UK in the latest period analysed.
âThe latest increase in net migration was not statistically significant compared with 2014,â a spokesperson for the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.
âThis net increase was the result of a decrease in emigrationâŚand immigration being at a similar level to the previous year.â
'The refugee crisis is pushing immigration out of control'
The number of applications lodged in the year to September 38,878, an annual increase of 20 per cent, the figure is nowhere near the UKâs 2002 peak of 103,000.
Germany, by contrast, had taken more than 353,000 applications in the year to October, while Hungary was on 204,000 and Sweden on 94,000.
The rate of asylum seekers per million people in the UK was 185, lower than Ireland, Iceland and Switzerland.
'Immigrants are coming here for benefits'
"One of the most frequently raised allegations about immigrants entering the UK is that they aim to exploit the national welfare system, despite numerous studies showing European migrants pay more in taxes than they receive in benefits.
David Cameron once called public concern about benefits tourism âwidespread and understandableâ but research has not found a statistical foundation for the fears."
Recent immigrants have made a net contribution of ÂŁ20 billion to the UK over the last ten years, according to a UCL study, and foreigners are barred from several types of benefits without having permanent residency in the UK, unlike those on work visas, students and asylum seekers don't qualify.
A study by University College London estimated that migrants coming to the UK since 2000 have been 43 per cent less likely to claim benefits or tax credits compared to the British-born workforce. âImmigrants, especially in recent years, tend to be younger and better educated than the UK-born and less likely to be unemployed,â the Centre for Economic Performance at LSE concluded in a separate report.
'Immigrants are taking our jobs'
The latest ONS statistics show that employment rates for arriving migrants are high.
But the figures do not necessarily mean new arrivals are âtaking British jobsâ, experts have cautioned.
In its 2015 General Election briefing, the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics observed: âThere is still no evidence of an overall negative impact of immigration on jobs, wages, housing or the crowding out of public services.
âAny negative impacts on wages of less skilled groups are small. One of the largest impacts of immigration seems to be on public perceptions.â
Its research found that immigrants tend to be better educated and younger than their UK-born counterparts, while their share of the market for new jobs has remained âbroadly the sameâ.
'Migration causes crime'
A report by LSE in 2013 found that crime actually fell significantly in areas that had experienced mass immigration from eastern Europe, with rates of burglary, vandalism and car theft down since 2004.
The research concluded that there was âno causal impact of immigration on crimeâŚcontrary to the âimmigration causes crimeâ populist view expressed in some media and political debateâ.
'It puts a strain on public services, hospitals and schools'
UCLâs Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration at University College London found that European immigrants to the UK pay more in taxes than they receive in benefits, effectively subsiding public services.
âA key concern in the public debate on migration is whether immigrants contribute their fair share to the tax and welfare systemsâ, co-author Professor Christian Dustmann wrote.
âOur new analysis draws a positive picture of the overall fiscal contribution made by recent immigrant cohorts, particularly of immigrants arriving from the EU.â
While school places and hospital beds are under pressure in many areas, much of the change arises from rising birth rates, the effects of an ageing population and other factors that local and national government has failed to respond to by expanding provision.