article_snippet: Lord Bates reeled off a series of statistics to demonstrate the significant impact mass immigration is having.
article_snippet: the significant impact mass immigration included the fact that, at the end of December 2013, there were an estimated 7.8million people born overseas living in the UK.
article_snippet: Currently, there are 300,000 more people arriving in the UK every year than leaving – demolishing David Cameron's pledge to cut the figure to the 'tens of thousands'.
article_snippet: There has been controversy over the most accurate way of measuring the impact immigration is having on the size of the UK population.
article_snippet: Last year, a report by Migrationwatch said immigration could be responsible for as much as 84 per cent of the surge in Britain's population this century.
article_snippet: a report by Migrationwatch claimed the true impact of immigration has been 'substantially understated' because the Office for National Statistics did not count 1.3million children born to foreign parents as part of the impact of immigration on population growth.
article_snippet: a report by Migrationwatch concluded that of the 4.6million population rise between 2001 and 2012, 3.8million is due to the biggest wave of immigration the country has faced.