Migration to and from the UK
This topic examines the movement (or “flows”) of people into and out of the UK. Here we examine questions such as how many people enter the UK each year, the different reasons for migration, where new migrants are coming from, and how many are leaving.
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Briefing8 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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Briefing3 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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Press release28 Feb 2013The government is more than half way toward its goal of reducing net migration to its ‘tens of thousands’ net migration target, new data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) shows. About...
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Briefing13 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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Briefing22 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.
