article_snippet: Net long-term migration to the UK was estimated to be 298,000 in the year ending September 2014, a major rise on the 210,000 figure a year earlier .
article_snippet: Polling data shows the level of public concern about immigration is higher when the numbers coming to Britain have risen.
article_snippet: A record 624,000 arrived in Britain in a year, up from 530,000 in the previous 12 months.
article_snippet: At the same time, 327,000 left, a figure which has barely changed since 2010.
article_snippet: A total of 37,000 Romanian and Bulgarian arrived in the UK, up from 24,000 in the previous 12 months.
article_snippet: Of A total of 37,000 Romanian and Bulgarian, 27,000 were coming for work, a rise of 10,000 on year, after work restrictions were lifted in January 2014.