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About 70% of the population increase between the 2001 and 2011 censuses was due to foreign-born immigration. [79] Long-term net migration (the number of people immigrating minus the number emigrating) reached a record high of 764,000 in 2022, [80] with immigration at 1.26 million and emigration at 493,000. [81]
The history of Polish migration to the United Kingdom gives an indicator of why Poles predominated so much. A large number of Polish citizens had been allowed to settle after the Second World War in a resettlement programme for those who had no wish to live under the new Communist Polish regime, (see earlier section).
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.
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In 2019, Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledged to reduce net migration to the UK (the number of people immigrating minus the number emigrating) below 250,000 per year. [3] Net migration to the UK reached a record high of 764,000 in 2022, [4] with immigration at 1.26 million and emigration at 493,000. [5]
The drop in net migration is the result of changes in the number of people immigrating to (arriving) and emigrating from (leaving) the UK. Long-term immigration has fallen year-on-year, with an ...
The Key in the Lock: a history of immigration control in England from 1066 to the present day. London: John Murray. ISBN 0-7195-1907-1. In fact, not to the present day, only until 1969 but is an invaluable insight into the development of the immigration controls. History of immigration in law; - Oxford University Press
A major reason why migration will drive population growth is the UK’s natural population decline. From 2029 onwards, there are projected to be more deaths in the UK than births.