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If you have a look at figure 2 here: https://migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/briefings/lo...

You'll see that immigration was at record levels post Brexit.

Yes, but a third of Poles emigrated, largely ending Brits' moral panic about Polish plumbers stealing the jobs, social housing and increasing housing prices.

Not that it solved the issue of jobs, social housing or housing prices of course.

So a largely imaginary "problem" was replaced with an even larger "problem".

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