{"id":229,"date":"2012-02-01T17:13:22","date_gmt":"2012-02-01T17:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"\/2012\/02\/01\/ons-released-further-population-projections\/"},"modified":"2012-02-01T17:13:22","modified_gmt":"2012-02-01T17:13:22","slug":"ons-released-further-population-projections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/2012\/02\/01\/ons-released-further-population-projections\/","title":{"rendered":"ONS released further population projections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, the ONS released further <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ons.gov.uk\/ons\/rel\/npp\/national-population-projections\/2010-based-extra-migration-variants\/index.html \" target=\"_self\" title=\"Population Projections\">population projections<\/a> based on varying net migration estimates.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/profile_andrewGreen.php\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Sir Andrew Green\">Sir Andrew Green<\/a> said:<\/p>\n<p>&quot;These latest&#0160;official projections underline the huge importance of the government keeping to its promise to get net migration down below 100,000. Even at 100,000 these figures show that our population will reach 70 million in less than 25 years with all the consequences that has for our overcrowded island.&quot;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, the ONS released further population projections based on varying net migration estimates. Commenting, Sir Andrew Green said: &quot;These latest&#0160;official projections underline the huge importance of the government keeping to its promise to get net migration down below 100,000. 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