Settlement in the UK

31st March 2016

31/03/2017

Dr Scott Blinder

Rob McNeil

This briefing gives details about how many non-European migrants are granted settlement in the UK every year, their demographic characteristics and the various bases for their grants of settlement.

Key Points

• In 2015 there were 89,932 grants of settlement to non-EEA migrants. This was a decrease of more than 60% since 2010 and the lowest number recorded since 1999.
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