THIS CAN'T GO ON! 1.4M GRANTED UK VISAS LAST YEAR

SUELLA Braverman warns current immigration levels "cannot go on" or Britain will become "unrecognisable".

- Michael Knowles

The former Home Secretary declared "we don't have enough homes, GPs or schools" to support the 1.4 million people who were granted visas last year.

And she criticised Prime Minister Rishi Sunak for failing to prevent "this national disaster".

Official figures yesterday showed record numbers of foreign workers arrived in 2023, with 616,371 visas issued - up from 421,565 in 2022.

The number of overseas employees receiving a health and social care visa also skyrocketed, Home Office figures show. But Mrs Braverman, below, who was sacked last November, has blasted the Government's record on cutting migration, warning: "1.4 million people were granted visas here last year. Asylum approvals are at a record high. Work and student visa numbers, including many dependants, are appalling. This cannot go on. We don't have enough homes, GPS or schools to support this level.

"The PM must adopt policies I pushed for that would have prevented this national disaster.

"We need a cap on overall numbers. Britain will be unrecognisable if this carries on. It's not what the British people, including me, voted for." The Home Office issued 616,371 work visas to foreign employees and their family members, 605,504 to students from abroad and their relatives, 85,640 family visas, 17,705 family permits to European citizens, 41,767 visas to Ukrainian refugees and 28,303 to Hong Kong residents in the year to December.