mo4ch:>EU migration to UK slumps to six-year low, as Brexit effect begins to bite | Mo4ch News
More EU citizens are leaving the UK and fewer are arriving, with estimated net migration slumping to 74,000 from the bloc in the year to June 2018. The figures, which come in the wake of the Brexit vote, are the lowest since 2012.Data released by The Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that while non-EU net migration has hit a 14-year high, the number of EU nationals in the year to June 2018 was 74,000 – the lowest in six years, when net migration was 65,000.The latest EU net migration numbers have sparked fears that Brexit will leave Britain worse off as MPs and pro-remain campaigners warn that jobs carried out by EU nationals could be left unfilled, the Independent reports.Diane Abbott, Labour’s Shadow Home Secretary said the figures clearly demonstrate the government's net migration target was “reckless and foolish,” and highlighted that public services such as the NHS rely on EU nationals. “The target has never once been met and non-EU migration alone far outstrips it. T…