Record numbers of migrants are applying for British citizenship ahead of the Government’s crackdown on settlement rights.
More than 312,000 refugees, migrant workers and their dependants applied for citizenship in the year to March, according to Home Office data.
This was double the number eight years ago and the highest on record.
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Another 331,000 applied for indefinite leave to remain (ILR), the precursor to citizenship, in the two years to March – a record high and a 28 per cent jump on the previous two years.
