<p><br /> David Cameron has insisted it is "perfectly possible" to cut immigration to the tens of thousands a year.<br /> </p><p><br /> MPs have cast doubt on whether a limit on numbers from outside the European Union can significantly reduce net migration from its current level of almost 200,000 a year.<br /> </p><p><br /> But, in an interview with Sky News, the Prime Minister indicated he remained committed to more than halving immigration and insisted that it was achievable.<br /> </p><p><br /> "If you stand back and look at the big picture, actually immigration between Britain and the rest of the EU is pretty much in balance," he said.<br /> </p><p><br /> "It's between Britain and the rest of the world where it's got out of balance and we have this large level of net migration into the UK.<br /> </p><p><br /> "That is partly economic migration. It's also about large numbers of people coming to settle in the UK. It's also about a lot of people abusing the student regime.<br /> </p><p><br /> "So I think if you tackle all of those things it's perfectly possible - it's my ambition - to get to net migration from the rest of the world coming down to the tens of thousands rather than the hundreds of thousands."<br /> </p><p><br /> The Home Affairs Select Committee warned recently that the cap would make little difference to overall immigration and could damage the economy.<br /> </p><p><br /> It said fewer than one in 100 migrants entering the UK might be affected.<br /> </p>
