500 People A Day Are Leaving The UK

April 21st, 2007 • Related • Filed Under


Airport Terminal500 people a day are leaving the UK to live or work abroad according to the Office of National Statistics. The International Migration report for 2005 showed that 380,000 people emigrated from the UK for a year or more. Australia was the most popular destination for British emigrants followed by Spain and France. Of those who emigrated over half were British citizens.

In 2005, an estimated 565,000 migrants arrived to live in the UK for at least a year, equivalent to 1,500 arriving daily.

Net migration, the difference between immigration and emigration, was 185,000 for 2005. This was equivalent to adding just over 500 people a day to the UK population.

British citizens accounted for 53 per cent of migrants leaving, but only accounted for 16 percent of migrants entering the UK. There has been a 25 per cent rise in the number of British citizens emigrating from the UK since 2001, with 198,000 British citizens leaving the UK in 2005 compared with 159,000 in 2001.

Where immigrants to the UK for 2005 came from

  1. India 92,000
  2. Australia 78,000
  3. Poland 69,000
  4. South Africa 63,000
  5. US 50,000
  6. China 49,000
  7. Pakistan 46,000
  8. Germany 43,000
  9. France 28,000
  10. New Zealand 27,000
  11. Spain 27,000
  12. Philippines 20,000
  13. Nigeria 19,000
  14. Japan 17,000
  15. Bangladesh 17,000

Where British citizens choose to emigrate to in 2005

  1. Australia 71,000
  2. Spain 58,000
  3. France 42,000
  4. New Zealand 30,000
  5. US 25,000
  6. Canada 17,000
  7. Netherlands 8,000
  8. UAE 7,000
  9. Germany 6,000
  10. South Africa 6,000


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