Briefings
Our briefings explain what we know and don’t know about the scale, characteristics and impacts of migration and migrants in the UK. We are aiming to provide a comprehensive picture. If you think we have missed an important issue, you can suggest a new briefing here. Policy issues are discussed in our Policy Primers and News and Commentary section. A list of forthcoming briefings is also available.
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8 Apr 2013This briefing sets out to answer key questions about how many students from outside Europe come to the UK, how long they stay, how many family members come with them, what they are studying, whether...
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3 Apr 2013This briefing discusses migration of European Union (EU) citizens (excluding British citizens) to and from the UK. A special focus of the briefing is on A8 citizens – citizens of eight countries that...
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13 Feb 2013This briefing sets out key facts and figures, as well as information gaps, relating to the number of asylum seekers applying to stay in the UK, who these asylum seekers are, how many are rejected,...
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22 Jan 2013This briefing focuses on long-term international migrants coming to the UK. It examines their characteristics, where they go after they arrive in the UK, and trends over time.
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8 Jan 2013This briefing provides an overview of Long-Term International Migration (LTIM) inflows (immigration), outflows (emigration), and the difference between the two (net migration) in the UK.
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23 Aug 2012This briefing sets out to explain the often confusing issue of how we define a short-term migrant and looks at the estimated numbers of short-term migrants in the UK, how long they are staying, why...
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20 Jun 2012This briefing examines immigration by category. The analysis distinguishes between European and non-European migrants and among four basic types: work, study, family, and asylum.
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30 Apr 2012This briefing considers the different ways in which one can understand who counts as a migrant in the UK and the implications of using different definitions.
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16 Feb 2012This briefing examines data on non-European migration to the UK of people whose basis for entry to the UK is through ties to a family member. Family migration includes what we identify as “family...
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30 Jan 2012This briefing examines labour migration to the UK among people who are not from the European Economic Area (EEA). Labour migrants are those whose primary reason for migrating or whose legal...
