Cameron under pressure as net migration to UK surges

LONDON, Nov 27 (AFP):  Net migration to Britain rose by more than 40 percent in the year to June, official data released Thursday showed, putting pressure on Prime Minister David Cameron to demand EU migrant curbs.
The difference between the number of migrants arriving and those leaving rose to 260,000, up from 182,000 over the previous 12 months, the Office of National Statistics said in its quarterly report.
The rise was driven by immigration from other parts of the European Union, particularly from Romania.
The report said that the number of new national insurance registrations in the year to September 2014 was highest for Romanians at 103,900 -- a 468-percent rise from the previous 12-month period.
Cameron had promised to bring yearly total net migration to Britain under 100,000 and is expected to make a speech soon calling for changes to EU migration rules to make it harder for migrants to access benefits and to restrict freedom of movement.