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In 2021, net migration to the UK was 488,000, [85] [86] up from 184,000 in 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic. [87] Net migration to the UK reached a record high of 764,000 in 2022, with immigration at 1.26 million and emigration at 493,000. [7] Most of the migrants came from non-EU countries, including India, Nigeria, China and Pakistan.
An increasing number of refugees and migrants have been entering the United Kingdom illegally by crossing the English Channel in the last decades. The Strait of Dover section between Dover in England and Calais in France represents the shortest sea crossing, and is a long-established shipping route.
A 2010 estimate for the whole of the UK shows that 4.76 million people (7.7 per cent) were born outside the EU and 2.24 million (3.6 per cent) were born in another EU member state. [ 12 ] The Office for National Statistics produces annual estimates of the size of the UK population by country of birth, based on the Annual Population Survey .
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His comments came after the ONS said the population would hit 72.5 million in the next seven years, up from 67.6 million in the middle of 2022, driven almost entirely by net migration. Reform UK ...
Net migration rate per 1,000 people by country for 2023 (Population Reference Bureau) This is a list of countries and territories by net migration rate , the difference between the number of people entering and leaving a country during the year, per 1,000 people (based on mid-year population).
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimate of 2018 indicates that 108,000 Somalis live in the UK. [3] There has also been some secondary migration of Somalis from mainland European countries to the United Kingdom. [58] [59] According to the 2011 UK Census, 71.5% of Somalia-born residents in England and Wales hold a UK passport. [60]
The English diaspora consists of English people and their descendants who emigrated from England.The diaspora is concentrated in the English-speaking world in countries such as the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, South Africa, and to a lesser extent, Zimbabwe, India, Zambia and continental Europe.