Migrate to UK
Immigration to the United Kingdom since 1922 has been substantial, in particular from Ireland and other former colonies and other territories of the British Empire such as India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, the Caribbean, South Africa, Kenya and Hong Kong under British Nationality law. Others have come as asylum seekers seeking protection as refugees under the United Nations 1951 Refugee Convention or from European Union (EU) member states exercising one of the EU’s Four Freedoms.
Provisional figures show that in 2009, 567,000 people arrived to live in the UK whilst 371,000 left, meaning that net inward migration was 196,000. The number of people immigrating to and emigrating from the UK both fell between 2008 and 2009.
In 2006, there were 149,035 applications for British citizenship, 32%fewer than in 2005. The number of people granted citizenship during 2006 was 154,095, 5 percent fewer than in 2005. The largest groups of people granted British citizenship were from India, Pakistan, Somalia, and the Philippines. In 2006, 134,430 people were granted settlement in the UK, a drop of 25 per cent on 2005
Meanwhile, migration to and from Central and Eastern Europe have increased since 2004 with the accession to the European Union of Eight Central and eastern European States, since there is free movement of labour within the EU.
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