England's population up by half a million in the last four years

Based on the figures released by the University of Oxford, the migrant population of England has increased by 565,000 since 2011.

17:24 06 March 2015

Official estimates released by the University of Oxford revealed that migrant population of England has increased by 565,000 since 2011.

The official estimates focus on movement of people in and out of the UK. It also indicated that the greatest change has been in London where almost 3.2 million people in the capital were born abroad. This is 200,000 more compared to the last census conducted last decade.

Carlos Vargas Silva, immigration researcher at Oxford University, said migrants, particularly from the EU, were coming to England for work.

"They are finding jobs in low skilled positions and low paid jobs.”

"So for British workers competing in those positions it means some competition.

"For employers looking for more workers to fill those gaps it is good news because they have more employees available."

Witold Sobkow, the Polish ambassador to the UK, added: "A lot of people come here because they find Britain very attractive as a country also, not just as a place to work and earn money.

"So some of them will settle down here, some of them will save money and will come back.

"We call it the revolving door policy, people come and go."