Geographical Distribution and Characteristics of Long-Term International Migration Flows to the UK

28th June 2016

15/12/2017

Dr Carlos Vargas-Silva

Dr Yvonni Markaki

Rob McNeil

This briefing focuses on long-term international migrants coming to the UK. It examines their characteristics, where they go after they arrive in the UK, and trends over time.

Please note that the LTIM estimates used in this briefing are the revised estimates by the ONS. In their 'Quality of Long-Term International Migration estimates from 2001 to 2011' report published on 10th April 2014, the ONS revised the total net migration estimates for 2001-2011; the revision suggests that the total net-migration between 2001 and 2011 was underestimated by 346,000 net-migrants. A revised version of inflows and outflows as well as breakdowns by citizenship or reason for migration, etc., is not currently available.

Key Points:

• For those migrants going to England, London has remained the most popular destination (32% of the total going to England in 2014), but the share of incoming migrants going to London has decreased from the peak of the late 1990s (48% in 1998).
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• For those migrants going to England, London has remained the most popular destination (30% of the total going to England in 2013), but the share of incoming migrants going to London has decreased from the peak of the late 1990s (48% in 1998).