# What will the UK do wrt Brexit?

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**Created:** [February 18, 2019, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-uk-do-wrt-brexit/829799 "2019-02-18T22:39:29Z")\
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> [@Quartz](#):
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> This is a significant factor hereabouts.
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> This, however, is a gross distortion. As of 2017 there were 3.7 million EU immigrants; there were also 5.7 million non-EU immigrants. [Cite](https://migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/briefings/migrants-in-the-uk-an-overview/). Yes, this is a doubling of the 2004 numbers but the UK’s total population is over 65 million. Immigrants are still a small minority.

They breed like rabbits which is why the gross figure of the UK population is what matters, not just the number of immigrants.

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