What do YOU think of immigration?

5 months ago
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Immigration has long been one of Britain's most divisive topics - dominating much of the discussion in the lead-up to the general election and causing a number of senior politicians to butt heads. And when MailOnline took to the streets of the country's biggest immigration hotspots, it was no different. Analysis this week revealed up to one in 22 residents in parts of England and Wales are immigrants who came to the country last year. This figure, collated by the Office for National Statistics, reflects people immigrating from outside of the UK. Middlesbrough, Leicester, Coventry, Camden and Newhaven were the five areas which saw the biggest influx of international migrants in 2023 - heaping more pressure on housing, schools and the NHS. But what is it like to live in these places? And what do the locals have to say on the issue? We went back out to these five locations to speak to residents about their views on immigration and the effect it has had on their communities

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