Migration Statistics John Salt

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Migration Statistics John Salt

• Migration Research Unit, Department of Geography,
• University College London, UK.
• Labour Market Statistics
• User Group Meeting
• Royal Statistical Society
• 23rd January, 2009.

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• Data on international migration are generally
  considered scarce and inadequate for measurement
  purposes (IUSSP, 1987).
• An urgent need for international migration
  statistics coincides with an unsatisfactory
  degree of availability, reliability and
  comparability of data on international migration
  flows (THESIM, 2006).

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Foreign Nationals, 1994 - 2008, thousands
Source LFS
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LFS COB and Citizenship 2008 (000)
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Working population 1997 and 2008, thousands
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Foreign nationals living and working in UK, by
SEC, 2004 2008.
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Living and Working in UK, by SEC, 2008
Source LFS
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Foreign nationals living and working in UK, by
Region of Residence, per cent, 1994 - 2007
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Total Inflow 2007 (000)

• LFS 367
• IPS 527
• TIM 577
• 1 year to Q2 2007
• Calendar year 2007

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International Migration, 1981-2007 Net Flows By
Citizenship
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IPS 2006 Contacts and gross flows
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Work permit applications approved by type,
1995-2007
Source WP UK/BIA
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ICT work permits by sector, 2007
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Worker Registration Scheme, Work Permits and
First Permissions by occupational group, 2007
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Overseas Nationals entering the UK and allocated
a National Insurance Number NINo, 2002/03 and
2007/08, thousands
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Foreign labour inflows by route of entry, 2007