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Written question asked by Claire Curtis-Thomas (Labour) on Wednesday, 18 November 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 23 November 2009. It was answered by Baroness Smith of Basildon (Labour) on Monday, 30 November 2009 on behalf of the Cabinet Office.

Return Migration

Question
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what recent assessment she has made of levels of return migration to each country of origin.
Answer

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.Letter from Jil Matheson, dated November 2009:"As National Statistician, I have been asked to respond to your question concerning what recent assessment has been made of levels of return migration, broken down by country specific data where available. (300491)""In 2008, 68,000 immigrants came to the UK who were born in the UK. In the same year 258,000 emigrants left the UK who were not born here. Of these, 203,000 emigrants returned to their country of birth. Table 1 provides country specific data where these estimates are considered robust."

Table 1: Emigrants returning to their country of birth in 2008
Country Estimate (thousand)
EU 107
Of which:
Poland 50
Rest of the world 96
Of which:
Australia 18
India 11
Note:
The estimates may not add up due to rounding.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
501 c457W; 300491
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Migration Emigration
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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