Record numbers of Romanians and Bulgarians arrive in UK as more Poles and other Eastern Europeans leave after Brexit vote

‘The number of people arriving in the UK from Bulgaria and Romania has risen significantly since the Brexit vote, new figures show.
But figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) also reveal a ‘statistically significant’ rise in citizens from so-called EU8 nations – Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia – leaving the UK.
The outflow of EU8 nationals was up 12,000 year-on-year to 39,000 – the highest for five years. Immigration from the countries was 58,000, the lowest since they joined the European Union in 2004.
This was offset by a ‘statistically significant’ increase in immigration of Bulgarians and Romanians, which reached 74,000 – the highest on record.’
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