@SW-User My point was that the British people only wanted to leave the EU. They did not want to leave the single market. The two are not mutually exclusive. Therefore, I think the British people will accept re-entering the single market with the resultant free movement of people as an acceptable trade-off. Reduced trading barriers, being able to live and work in the EU, but not actually a part of it.
And wrong:
According to the estimates by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), net migration from overseas to the UK in the year ending March 2020 totalled 313,000 - the highest in four years and approaching the all-time record of 331,000 in the year to March 2015.
Total long-term immigration by those of all citizenships (715,000), and total immigration by non-UK citizens (633,000) were both at the highest levels ever recorded.
Net migration to the UK from outside the EU nearly tripled since the year to March 2013 (when it was 106,000) to its highest level ever - 316,000.
Net migration to the UK from the EU has fallen, from 219,000 in the year to March 2015, to 58,000 in the most recent year.
There was a net departure of 61,000 British citizens to other countries.
https://www.migrationwatchuk.org/statistics-net-migration-statistics