How 'soft-touch' Britain became the immigration capital of Europe: Stark stats show UK welcomed 1.27million foreign nationals in just a year - more than anywhere else on the continent (and that's enough people to fill a city the size of Birmingham...)

Germany, now centre of Europe's anti-immigration fightback, took 1.22m, followed by Spain (1.1m), Italy (378,000) and France (295,000).