An article examined research work carried out to investigate whether data held by other countries could improve estimates of out-migration from the United Kingdom.
Source: Ercilia Dini, Giles Horsfield and Lucy Vickers, 'Using data from overseas to improve estimates of emigration', Population Trends 130, Winter 2007, Office for National Statistics, Palgrave Macmillan (01256 329242)
Links: Article
Date: 2007-Dec
An article examined trends in internal migration at older ages in England and Wales, using data from the ONS longitudinal studies.
Source: Zoe Uren and Shayla Goldring, 'Migration trends at older ages in England and Wales', Population Trends 130, Winter 2007, Office for National Statistics, Palgrave Macmillan (01256 329242)
Links: Article
Date: 2007-Dec
An estimated 400,000 people emigrated from the United Kingdom in 2006 – a record high, up from 359,000 in 2005. An estimated 591,000 people arrived to live in the UK for at least a year in 2006, slightly more than the previous high of 586,000 recorded in 2004. Net migration was 191,000 was 53,000 lower than the record estimate of 244,000 in 2004.
Source: Press release 16 November 2007, Office for National Statistics (0845 601 3034)
Links: ONS press release | Guardian report | BBC report | Telegraph report | FT report
Date: 2007-Nov
A report provided estimates of short-term migration, and gave an update of the progress made on definitional and methodological issues. In the year to mid-2005 there were a total of 1.02 million visits lasting 1-12 months made to England and Wales by overseas residents.
Source: Research Report on Short-term Migration, Office for National Statistics (0845 601 3034)
Links: Report | ONS press release | LGA press release
Date: 2007-Oct
An article said that migrant workers from the eight central and east European countries acceding to the European Union in May 2004 (the A8 countries) were more broadly spread across the United Kingdom than traditional migrant groups.
Source: Viktorija Bauere, Paul Densham, Jane Millar and John Salt, 'Migrants from central and eastern Europe: local geographies', Population Trends 129, Autumn 2007, Office for National Statistics, Palgrave Macmillan (01256 329242)
Links: Article | ONS press release | Telegraph report
Date: 2007-Oct
An article reported on work carried out by the Office for National Statistics to investigate the potential for using administrative data sources to contribute to the measurement of emigration.
Source: Helen Evans, Lucy Vickers and Emma Wright, 'Using administrative data sources in the estimation of emigration', Population Trends 128, Summer 2007, Office for National Statistics, Palgrave Macmillan (01256 329242)
Links: Article
Date: 2007-Jun
A new book examined neighbourhood migration flows for the whole of England and Scotland, based primarily on data from the Census 2001. Three dynamics were examined in particular: neighbourhood stability as measured by the scale of in- and out-flows; neighbourhood connexion, assessed through the geography of moves - where migrants came from or went to; and area change - how the social composition of each neighbourhood altered as a result of net migration flows.
Source: Nick Bailey and Mark Livingston, Population Turnover and Area Deprivation, Policy Press for Joseph Rowntree Foundation, available from Marston Book Services (01235 465500)
Date: 2007-Apr
An article outlined an initial assessment of the potential to produce short-term migration estimates for England and Wales (relating to stays of less than 12 months).
Source: Jonathan Smith and Amanda Sharfman, 'The feasibility of making short-term migration estimates', Population Trends 127, Spring 2007, Office for National Statistics, Palgrave Macmillan (01256 329242)
Links: Article | ONS press release
Date: 2007-Apr
In 2005, the estimated number of people arriving to live in the United Kingdom for at least a year was 565,000. Although slightly lower than the estimate in 2004, this continued the overall trend of high in-migration that began in the late 1990s.
Source: International Migration: Migrants entering or leaving the United Kingdom and England and Wales, 2005, Series MN 32, Office for National Statistics (0845 601 3034)
Links: Report | Guardian report | FT report
Date: 2007-Apr
An article described what was new about the 2001 Census interaction data on migration and commuting, considered the disclosure control methods that were applied to cells containing small values, and demonstrated the problems that were associated with making comparisons with 1991 data.
Source: John Stillwell and Oliver Duke-Williams, 'Understanding the 2001 UK Census migration and commuting data: the effect of small cell adjustment and problems of comparison with 1991', Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A, Volume 170 Issue 2
Links: Abstract
Date: 2007-Apr