United Kingdom
Key Statistics
Data are 2024 UN data and may differ from national statistics agencies.
11845000
Immigrant Population
17.1%
Immigrant Share of Total Population
4805000
Emigrant Population
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Competing Approaches to Selecting Economic Immigrants: Points-Based vs. Demand-Driven Systems
Points-based and employer-led admissions systems are converging into hybrids. Policymakers need flexible, evidence-driven approaches to compete for global talent.
An “Informal” Turn in the European Union’s Migrant Returns Policy towards Sub-Saharan Africa
The European Union's single binding sub-Saharan migrant readmission deal is giving way to informal pacts. Still, evidence suggests these arrangements do little to raise return rates.
Too Little, Too Late? Contingency planning for UK nationals in case of a no-deal Brexit
With a no-deal Brexit looming, EU Member States began contingency plans for nearly 1 million UK nationals. But registration gaps and bilateral issues persisted.
Threat of Hard Brexit Looms as Exit Date Nears
With 3.8 million EU nationals in the United Kingdom and 1.3 million British immigrants in Europe, an unresolved Brexit deal left mobile populations in prolonged legal uncertainty.
In Search of a New Equilibrium: Immigration Policymaking in the Newest Era of Nativist Populism
Nativist populism's most lasting impact is not electoral but indirect—reshaping immigration agendas and pulling mainstream parties to the right across liberal democracies.
When Facts Don’t Matter: How to Communicate More Effectively about Immigration’s Costs and Benefits
Facts about immigration fail to persuade skeptical publics because human psychology and media fragmentation are more powerful forces than evidence alone.
The Future of Migration Policy in a Volatile Political Landscape (Transatlantic Council Statement)
Nativist populism has reached a tipping point in Western democracies and reclaiming the political center requires addressing the inequality and loss that fuel it.
The End of the Retirement Dream? British pensioners in the European Union after Brexit
Brexit put roughly 229,000 British pensioners in EU Member States at risk of pension stagnation, higher taxes, and health-care loss, with lifestyle retirees most vulnerable.
After the Divorce: British families living in the EU-27 post-Brexit
Brexit put British families in EU Member States at risk of losing rights already difficult to secure, with mixed-status, same-sex, and hyper-mobile families most exposed.
Shifting Tides: Radical-Right Populism and Immigration Policy in Europe and the United States
Radical-right populism has reshaped immigration debates in Europe and the United States—but has operated mainly through agenda influence, not direct governance.
