There were 97.2 million international arrivals from outside the Common Travel Area in 2004, 7 per cent more than in 2003.
Source: Control of Immigration: Statistics United Kingdom, 2004, Cm 6690, Home Office, TSO (0870 600 5522)
Links: Report | Home Office press release
Date: 2005-Nov
223,000 more people were estimated to have migrated to the United Kingdom than left in 2004. The net inflow was 72,000 higher than the previous year, and the highest since the existing method of estimation was adopted in 1991.
Source: Press release 20 October 2005, Office for National Statistics (0845 601 3034)
Links: ONS press release (pdf) | Guardian report
Date: 2005-Oct
A government research report estimated the size of the illegal immigrant population. Using one of a number of potential methods, it produced an estimate of 430,000 unauthorized migrants - equivalent to 0.7 per cent of the total population.
Source: Jo Woodbridge, Sizing the Unauthorised (Illegal) Migrant Population in the United Kingdom in 2001, Online Report 29/05, Home Office (web publication only)
Links: Report (pdf) | Guardian report
Date: 2005-Jun
A collection of essays examined the economics of migration, in order to gain a greater understanding of how immigrants performed in the labour market; of the barriers that immigrants might face to successful social and economic integration; and what the framework of a progressive, managed migration policy might look like.
Source: Tony Pilch (ed.), Perspectives on Migration, Smith Institute (020 7592 3618)
Links: Report (pdf) | Summary | Guardian report
Date: 2005-Feb