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Sat 11 Nov 2008No major rise in Irish migrants to Britain
SOME 5,000 Irish people registered to work or access benefits in the UK in the first half of the year, suggesting there was no significant rise in the rate of emigration to Britain over that period.
Figures compiled by the UK's department for work and pensions show that 5,100 Irish citizens registered for national insurance numbers there between January and June. In 2007, a total of 10,500 Irish people did the same, indicating little shift in the pattern since last year. The annual figure had held firm in the 9,000 to 10,200 range in each of the previous four years.
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