Rishi Sunak says he is determined to do what is necessary to bring down migration numbers. During a visit to a medical training centre in Surrey, the prime minister said he “inherited” the figures but will "bring them back down to sustainable levels”. Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00 So the levels of legal migration to this country are simply too high.
00:03 I've inherited these very large numbers and I'm determined to do what is necessary to
00:07 bring them back down to sustainable levels.
00:11 It's welcome and encouraging news that the Office for National Statistics did say that
00:15 they see signs that the levels of migration are already slowing.
00:18 We have taken significant action already but we're prepared to do more.
00:23 So one example I can give you is we're clamping down on the number of dependents that people
00:27 who are students coming here can bring.
00:29 That will impact over 150,000 student dependents.
00:33 As I've said I've already brought into force the single biggest measure that anyone's ever
00:38 taken to bring down legal migration and I'll do what's necessary to get it down.