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The number of people moving to the East Midlands from abroad has soared.
An Oxford University study also showed that Notts and Derbyshire now account for nearly 40 per cent of migrants living in the region. Dr Carlos Vargas-Silva at the university's Migration Observatory carried out the study.
It is the first in-depth study of the migrant population of the East Midlands and shows that in the last decade some parts of the area have seen the biggest percentage increases in their migrant population of any areas for which census data is available in England and Wales.
It also showed that the area's migrant population has increased by nearly 80 per cent, but that East Midlands as a whole still has a smaller than average proportion of migrants.
On Tuesday, it was reported how a baby boom and immigration meant the population of Nottingham had gone up by nearly 5,000 between mid-2011 and mid-2012.