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chart 05 Jul 2016

Reasons for migrating to the UK, 1991-2015

Shows reasons for migration to the UK since 1991, including work, study and family.

chart 05 Jul 2016

Emigration, immigration and net migration in the UK, 1991-2015

Shows the number of people (including British citizens) coming to and leaving the UK.

chart 31 Mar 2016

EEA citizens living in the UK, by years since arrival, Q1 2015 (Pre-referendum)

Share and number of EEA citizens living in the UK, by number of years of residency.

chart 15 Mar 2016

Number of UK born people living in EEA countries, 2015 (Pre-referendum)

Shows the number of UK citizens living in other countries in Europe.

chart 05 Oct 2015

Number of EU-born in the UK, 1993-2015

Shows the number of EU born in the UK between Q1 1993 and Q1 2015 using information from the Labour Force Survey

chart 20 Aug 2015

Immigration among the public’s most important issues

Tracks the percentage of respondents naming race relations or immigration as one of the most important issues facing Britain, along with the rest of the five most frequently named issues.

chart 07 Aug 2013

Migration in the news interactive chart

Allows you to create your own chart of words related to asylum seekers, immigrants, migrants, and refugees in the University of Oxford Migration News Corpus.

chart 06 Sep 2012

Net migration and population growth, 2014-2039

Estimates natural change assuming zero net-migration versus natural change due to net migration.

chart 29 Jun 2012

UK’s net-migrant stock with EU countries, 2010

Shows the UK’s net migration stock with other specific EU member states.

chart 29 Jun 2012

Migration of UK citizens to EU countries & EU citizens to the UK

Shows an increase in migration flows from the EU after A8 accession in 2004.

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Number of people entering immigration detention per year, 2009–2018

Source: Home Office Immigration Statistics, Detention tables, Table dt_04: People entering detention by country of nationality, sex, place of initial detention and age.

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Number of people in immigration detention in the UK at end of quarter, 2009–2018

Source: Home Office Immigration Statistics, Detention tables, Table dt_11_q: People in detention by sex and length of detention. Note: Counts are taken on the last day in each quarter.

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Percentage of those leaving immigration detention in the UK by length of detention, by quarter, 2010–2018

Source: Home Office Immigration Statistics, Detention tables, Table dt_06_q: People leaving detention by reason, sex, and length of detention. Note: Length of detention definitions: 2 months = 61 days; 6 months = 182 days; 1 year = 365 days.

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Number of people entering detention by nationality, EU and non-EU, 2009–2018

Source: Home Office Immigration statistics, Detention tables, Table dt_04: People entering detention by country of nationality, sex, place of initial detention and age.

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Number of children entering immigration detention, 2009-2018

Source: Home Office Immigration Statistics, Detention tables, Table dt_01: People entering detention by age, sex and place of initial detention.

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