Tory leader hopeful James Cleverly has taken credit for the drop in migration figures that was revealed to show a drop in both legal and illegal immigrants in the UK in the year ending June 2024.
Speaking to GB News, Cleverly said: "In the time that I was responsible for our immigration policy, we've seen very dramatic improvements in the figures.
"We have seen applications reduce. We have seen the grant rates come down. We have seen the removals increase.
"Small boat numbers come down, illegal arrivals come down.
"This is what I achieved when I was Home Secretary because I made the difficult decisions.
"Sadly, what we have seen since Labour took over is that they are reversing a number of those decisions. They are easing the visa restrictions that I put in place."
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