UK migration

• Where many emigrants go to from the UK

  • Australia
  • South Africa
  • US
  • Spain
• Where many English immigrants come from

  • Poland
  • India
  • Germany
• 5.5 million people born in the UK live abroad
• 9.3 million foreign born people live in the UK
• Why people from Eastern Europe immigrate to the UK

  The West has more wealth
• Why people from India/Pakistan immigrate to the UK

  Historical ties and large communities already there (diaspora)
• Why people from Central Europe immigrate to the UK

  Closer distance and similar cultures
• The pattern of non EU immigrants into the UK has stayed the same
• The pattern of EU immigrants into the UK increased especially in 2015 (9,500,000)
• Why people move to the UK

  • Employment contracts before (25%)
  • Family reunification (10%)
  • Work (8%)
  • Students (35%)