Claim: The net migration target could only have been met if immigration of non-EU citizens was cut.
Fact-check: The net migration target was never likely to have been met - Full Fact
Verdict: correct. significant reductions to non-eu immigration will have been needed given the government can't control the volume of eu immigration. but non-eu levels are now roughly what they were back in 2010, so the target is far from being met.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Joseph O'Leary
Date published: 2018-04-20T00:00:00