Definition: This entry includes the figure for the difference between the number of persons entering and leaving a country during the year per 1,000 persons (based on midyear population). An excess of persons entering the country is referred to as net immigration (e.g., 3.56 migrants/1,000 population); an excess of persons leaving the country as net emigration (e.g., -9.26 migrants/1,000 population). The net migration rate indicates the contribution of migration to the overall level of population change. High levels of migration can cause problems such as increasing unemployment and potential ethnic strife (if people are coming in) or a reduction in the labor force, perhaps in certain key sectors (if people are leaving).
Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2012
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Net migration to Britain falls by more than a third to lowest level in a decade after crackdown on bogus students
Daily Mail - 5/23/2013 2:22:48 PM
More up to date figures showed that applications for further education colleges and English language schools were down by almost half in the year to March 2013. Applications to universities were up five per cent. Mr Harper added: ‘The figures show we ...
Net migration to the UK falls by a third
Daily Telegraph - 5/23/2013 10:55:12 AM
Net migration into Britain has fallen by more than a third ... 499,780 in the year ending March 2013 – the lowest 12-monthly total since comparable data was first published in 2005. Within the figures, this included 206,814 visas issued ...
Net migration down by a third in a year putting Tories in course to hit election pledge
Daily Telegraph - 5/23/2013 2:08:29 PM
A report from the Office of National Statistics shows that the number of immigrants arriving in the country dropped “significantly” in the most recent 12 month period. The result was that net migration to Britain - the difference between ...
UK net migration shrinks further, official figures show
The Guardian - 5/23/2013 10:12:15 AM
The number of British citizens moving overseas rose slightly from 142,000 to 153,000, while those coming back fell slightly from 81,000 to 79,000. The immigration minister, Mark Harper, said net migration was now at its lowest level for a decade ...
Net migration to Britain falls (From Runcorn and Widnes World)
runcornandwidnesworld.co.uk - 5/23/2013 12:42:35 PM
Net migration into Britain has fallen by more than a third, according to fresh figures, as the number of immigrants arriving in the country dropped ''significantly''. A net flow of 153,000 migrants came to the UK in the year to September 2012, down from ...
GLOBAL: Labour migration cuts will hurt developing countries, says World Bank
IRIN - 5/17/2013 11:55:25 PM
Dakar, 13 May 2009 (IRIN) - Several industrialised countries ... Unemployment rates for the formal sector are 20 percent in Ghana and 85 percent in Liberia, according to the most recent World Bank figures. Lower legal migration generally means lower ...
Net migration to UK down by a third, figures show
BBC Online - 5/23/2013 5:07:26 PM
The number of people coming to the UK has fallen by over 80,000 in the last year, according to official figures showing net migration fell by a third. In the year to September, 153,000 more people came to the UK than left - down from 242,000 the ...
Net migration to UK lowest in decade after fall in overseas students
Financial Times - 5/23/2013 6:33:20 PM
Net migration has fallen to its lowest level for a decade, driven by a decline in the number of overseas students which campaigners warn could cost the UK economy £725m in lost income. The Conservative party welcomed the slide in net migration to 153,000 ...
381 Million Adults Worldwide Migrate Within Countries
Gallup - 5/15/2013 12:59:13 PM
These 139 countries represent more than 97% of the world's adult population, enabling a reliable global estimate. Internal migration rates range widely from more than 21% in places such as New Zealand and the United States to less than 5% in countries such ...
NZ the most mobile country in the world
New Zealand Herald - 5/17/2013 7:34:44 AM
New Zealanders are the most transient people in the world ... another city or area within their country in the past five years. While countries with advanced economies were found to have the highest rates of internal migration, nations where people ...
Migration gain as fewer head for Oz and more come back
New Zealand Herald - 5/22/2013 6:31:32 AM
The turnaround in net migration flows gathered pace last month as fewer people left the country for Australia ... "In the March quarter, the Australian unemployment rate reached its highest level since 2009, 5.6 per cent, while New Zealand's fell to ...
Govt: 'Net migration at lowest level for a decade'
ITV - 5/23/2013 9:29:18 AM
Looking forward, our Immigration Bill will reduce the pull factors to this country and make it easier to remove people with no right to be here." Secret files reveal drunken meeting between Stalin and Churchill, a cross-dressing spy and King ...
Immigration number falls by 81,000
Express.co.uk - 5/23/2013 6:11:51 PM
We have made substantial inroads in cutting immigration and now have a more selective system that works in our national interest. Immigration Minister Mark Harper Between September 2011 and September 2012, 500,000 migrants came into the country, a decrease ...
Migration: a threat or a development resource?
vestnikkavkaza.net - 5/21/2013 8:05:47 AM
there is no country which could say that it has found a perfect strategy of management of migration flows. There is more successful experience and there are obvious failures, but in the end we all learn how to manage migration in the modern world ...
Americans still move around more than anyone else in the world
Washington Post - 5/15/2013 3:08:04 PM
I’ve written recently about how Americans have been moving locations less and less since the 1970s. But let’s put this in an international context. The United States is still one of the most mobile countries in the world: That comes from ...
