article_snippet: At the same time, 327,000 left, a figure which has barely changed since 2010.
article_snippet: We would like to see net immigration in the tens of thousands rather than the hundreds of thousands.'
article_snippet: Net migration to this country will be in the order of tens of thousands each year.
article_snippet: It is, of course, unlikely that we are going to reach the tens of thousands by the end of the Parliament.'
article_snippet: if you've got more people, GDP goes up. '
article_snippet: Of course, GDP per head doesn't necessarily go up - so they didn't look beyond that point.'