Up to one in 20 people in boroughs across England and Wales are immigrants who arrived in the UK in 2024, new analysis suggests.
It comes as Britain continues to experience the greatest population growth in 75 years from immigration, according to the latest ONS figures.
Net international migration, defined as the difference between the number of people entering the country and leaving, was positive in all but one of the 318 councils, according to analysis.
Topping the table was Newham, where migrants who arrived in the last year account for 4.6 per cent of the borough's total population.
Now home to just over 374,000 residents, the data revealed that roughly one in 20 people are newcomers from abroad.
Luton and Coventry were also above four per cent, according to estimates published by the Office for National Statistics.
Experts suggest that Britain's exploding population crisis, fuelled by record high immigration levels, is piling even greater pressure upon housing and public services, including schools and the NHS.
The population of England and Wales has grown by over 700,000 in the year to June 2024.
Immigration has been responsible for 98 per cent of the massive increase, with two per cent, or just 29,982, from the difference in birth/death rates.
It is the second largest numerical jump since at least 1949, with Nigel Henretty, from the ONS, contributing "net international migration" as the "main driver of this growth."
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|The 12 boroughs where immigrants are a three or more per cent of the population
15,111
1,630
1,505
10.79
374,523
17,224
6,329
4.6
239,090
10,200
5,450
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|Britain continues to experience the greatest population growth in 75 years from immigration, according to the latest ONS figures
369,026
15,446
9,783
4.19
156,161
5,673
2,522
3.63
388,348
13,110
5,652
3.38
331,077
10,201
3,891
3.08
329,185
10,093
7,208
3.07
321,231
9,842
4,675
3.06
166,034
5,029
593
3.03
182,907
5,504
3,044
3.01
232,747
6,989
6,446
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The Prime Minister has agreed to a "one in, one out" migrant deal with France in a bid to control the number of small boats crossing the Channel.
This will see migrants arriving on small boats returned to France, in exchange for asylum seekers who have not tried to enter the UK illegally.
However, Conservative shadow home secretary Chris Philp said the deal offers "no deterrent at all", while Reform leader Nigel Farage called it a "humiliation for Brexit Britain".
Farage said: "This is Brexit Britain" and claimed "we should turn back every boat" with no exceptions.