Data released today reveals that net migration dropped by two thirds in a year - but the number of people in asylum hotels has gone up since the summer

Net migration has plummeted in the past 12 months, new data shows.

According to experts at the Office for National Statistics, the figure fell to 204,000 in the year to June - down from 649,000. But a tranche of Home Office data also reveals a record number of people claimed asylum, while the number of people in hotels has risen.

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