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Almost half of new homes built in the next five years will go to migrants, according to government stats

A NEW home will need to be built every five minutes to cope with Britains migrant crisis and booming population.

And almost half of new homes built in the next five years will go to migrants, government figures have revealed.

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An extra 5.3million new properties could be needed to house the growing population with 2.4million of those going to migrants, says the Department forCommunities and Local Government.

Soaring immigration means Britain will have to house up to 243,000 new households each year for the next 22 years, according to government statistics.

Integration minister Nicholas Bourne told peers that an 109,000 extra homes will be needed every year by migrants and their families as Britains population grows.

Lord Bourne said: Net migration accounts for an estimated 45 per cent of this growth.

The figures were published after a question by Lord Green of Deddington, chairman of think tankMigration Watch.

The group claims at least 300 homes a day will need to be built just to house new arrivals, reports the Sunday Express.

Addressing the House of Lords, Lord Green said: To put the point slightly more dramatically, that would mean building a new home every five minutes night and day, for new arrivals until such a time as we can get those numbers down.

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I know there is a strong view in the House that there is a lot to be said for migration. All I am pointing out is that there are also costs.

But the estimates are based on projections of popular growth from 2014 and doesnt take Brexit into account, which is expected to reduce net migration by ending free movement.

Migration Watch claims the most recent projections are lower than actual net migration numbers.

And new immigration controls are likely to be phased in after Brexit so the number of new migrants could take years to fall.

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