Historical population data and projections (1950-2060) Population. On 1 January 2019, Belgium, Ireland, Luxembourg, Austria and Slovakia were the EU-27 Member States where non-nationals were mainly citizens of another EU-27 Member State. In addition, it may generate mutual economic benefits for businesses and consumers, including those who remain at home, as internal obstacles are steadily removed. Migration policies within the EU in relation to citizens of non-member countries are increasingly concerned with attracting a particular migrant profile, often in an attempt to alleviate specific skills shortages. A total of 20,760 have arrived in Greece so far this year, bringing the total number of arrivals in the EU in 2018 to just over 76,000. More. The number of people residing in an EU Member State with citizenship of a non-member country on 1 January 2019 was 21.8 million, representing 4.9 % of the EU-27 population. This means that in most EU-27 Member States, the majority of non-nationals were citizens of non-EU-27 countries (see Table 5). Migration flows: Immigration to the EU-27 from non-member countries was 2.4 million in 2018. Although high percentages are shown in red in the map, high numbers are not necessarily bad per se (if emigration is counteracted by high birth rate or immigration, as in the case of Ireland and Portugal). In absolute terms, the highest decreases compared with 2017 were observed in Italy, as 34 100 less residents were granted Italian citizenship, followed by Greece (-6 400), Sweden (-5 100), Denmark (-4 400) and France (-4 300). Member States and EFTA countries by inclusion/exclusion of asylum seekers and refugees in the data on population reported to Eurostat in the framework of the Unified Demographic data collection Reference Year 2018, Note: Norway (Asylum seekers and refugees without residence permit are not included), Member States and EFTA countries by inclusion/exclusion of asylum seekers and refugees in the data on migration reported to Eurostat in the framework of the Unified Demographic data collection Reference Year 2018, Note: Norway (Asylum seekers and refugees without residence permit are not included); Ireland (Refugees who do not live in a private household are not included). On 15th of November 2017, the updated European Agenda on Migration focused on the refugee crisis, a common visa policy, and Schengen. Age: The Stockholm programme, adopted by EU heads of state and government in December 2009, set a framework and series of principles for the ongoing development of European policies on justice and home affairs for the period 2010 to 2014; migration-related issues are a central part of this programme. The data presented are the result of a standardisation process that allows for cross-country comparisons. Note: The value for different categories of country of birth may not sum to the totals due to rounding. Citizens of EU Member States have freedom to travel and freedom of movement within the EU’s internal borders. The relative share of foreign-borns within the total population was highest in Luxembourg (47 % of the resident population), followed by Cyprus (21 %) and Malta (20 %). East-west migration. Pablo Tosco / Oxfam Intermón. In 2019, India, Poland and Pakistan were the top three countries of birth for the foreign-born, accounting respectively for 9%, 9% and 6% of the total (Figure 5). These were the only EU-27 Member States where national immigration accounted for more than half of the total number of immigrants — see Figure 3. Gross domestic product (annual) Gross domestic product (quarterly) Composite Leading Indicators. A total of 3.9 million people immigrated to one of the EU-27 Member States during 2018, while 2.6 million emigrants were reported to have left an EU-27 Member State. Two other issues of the Demographic Yearbook, published respectively in 1985 and 1994 , include a limited number of tables pertaining to international arrivals and departures. Given modern technology and the fact that it is now easier to travel, freedom of movement allows Europeans to expand their horizons beyond national borders, to leave their country for shorter or longer periods, to come and go between EU countries to work, study and train, to travel for business or for leisure, or to shop across borders. 24 Sep 2018 - 06:46 UTC. 15 October 2018 Migration in 2017: immigration to Germany exceeding emigration by 416,000. 16 July 2019 Immigration 2018: Germany grew by 400,000 people. Population archives. Frequently Requested Statistics on Immigrants and Immigration in the United States This feature presents the latest, most sought-after data on immigrants in the United States—by origin, residence, legal status, deportations, languages spoken, and more—in one easy-to-use resource. Click here to browse the ONS statistics for yourself. Alternatively, employers can make the selection so that migrants already have a job upon their arrival. Immigration of this kind embodies not only lawbreaking but also unfairness, penalizing those from other countries who wish to live in the United States but abide by the established rules for doing so. Moving and living freely within the EU is the right most closely associated with EU citizenship. As in previous years, the largest group of new citizens in the EU-27 Member States in 2018 were citizens of Morocco (67.2 thousand, corresponding to 10 % of all citizenships granted), followed by citizens of Albania (47.4 thousand, or 7.1 %), Turks (28.4 thousand, or 4.2 %), and Brazilians (23.1 thousand, or 3.4 %). The number of people acquiring the citizenship of an EU-27 Member State in 2018 was 672.3 thousand, corresponding to a 4 % decrease with respect to 2017. Africapolis. Compared with 2017, the number of Moroccan citizens acquiring citizenship of an EU-27 Member State decreased by 2 %. Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings. Foreign-born population (% of total population) in EU Member States as of 1 January 2019: Country % Born in other EU Member State % Born in non-EU country % Total foreign-born population: Luxembourg: 35.0: 11.8: 47.3: Cyprus: 14.2: 7.0: 21.1: Ireland: 12.7: 4.5: 17.2: Malta : 9.8: 10.4: 20.2: Austria : 8.9: 10.6: 19.4: Belgium: 7.9: 9.3: 17.2: Germany: 7.8: 10.2: 17.9: UK: 5.5: 8.7: 14.2: Sweden : 5.5: 13.6: 19.1: … The European migration network annual report on immigration and asylum (2016) was published in April 2017. This websites uses cookies for its functionality and to analyse how users are engaging with the site. Portugal, long a country of emigration, that have created big Portuguese communities in France, USA and Brazil has now become a country of net immigration, and not just from the former colonies; by the end of 2003, legal immigrants represented about 4% of the population, and the largest communities were from Cape Verde, Brazil, Angola, Guinea-Bissau, UK, Spain, China and Ukraine. This means that every time you visit this website you will need to enable or disable cookies again. The report noted that EU citizenship brings new rights and opportunities. In the case of Luxembourg, Portuguese citizens accounted for the largest share, followed by French, Italian and Belgian citizens, while in the case of Hungary EU-27 nationals acquiring citizenship were almost exclusively Romanians. By contrast, Luxembourg reported relatively low shares of native-born immigrants, less than 5 % of all immigration in 2018. yearly; quarterly; monthly ; latest data available. However, most “blue” and “red” countries in the map have been losing population for several decades. Europe also played a crucial role in developing a set of rules and norms regulating human mobility in the region. Most EU Member States base their statistics on administrative data sources such as population registers, registers of foreigners, registers of residence or work permits, health insurance registers and tax registers. The largest shares of Moroccans acquired their new citizenship in Spain (38 %), Italy (23 %) or France (23 %) while the majority of Albanians received Greek citizenship (51 %) or Italian citizenship (46 %). In May 2013, the European Commission published the ‘EU Citizenship Report 2013’ (COM(2013) 269 final). Eurostat International Migration statistics: Immigration; Dataset | 15 January 2021. A European Commission Communication adopted in October 2008 emphasised the importance of strengthening the global approach to migration: increasing coordination, coherence and synergies (COM(2008) 611 final) as an aspect of external and development policy. This cookie is installed by Google Universal Analytics to throttle the request rate to limit the collection of data on high traffic sites. On 1 January 2019, the median age of the national population in the EU-27 was 45 years, while the median age of non-nationals living in the EU-27 was 36 years. Therefore, an asylum seeker can apply for first time in a given country and afterwards again as first-time applicant in any other country. Acquisitions of citizenship were down by 4 % in 2018. Data on acquisitions of citizenship are collected by Eurostat under the provisions of Article 3.1. Romanians and Poles account for over 30% of foreigners in the EU and EFTA, although the state of immigration differs wildly from country to country. Definitions The relative share of native-born immigrants within the total number of immigrants was highest in Bulgaria and Lithuania (both 51 % of all immigrants), followed by Romania (43 %) and Estonia (40 %). It is harder to keep track of people leaving a country than those arriving, because for a migrant it is very often much more important to interact about his/her migration with the authorities of the receiving country than with those of the country he/she is leaving. In contrast, non-nationals represented less than 1 % of the population in Poland (0.8 %) and in Romania (0.6 %). Until the end of the Second World War, most migration was within and out of Europe. It is a comprehensive document and covers all aspects of migration and asylum policy by the Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs and EU agencies. For comparison: The corresponding figure for the United States is just 0.9%. In these countries as well as in the United Kingdom data concern the respondent's age completed or on their last birthday. Matters included resettlements and relocations, financial support to Greece and Italy, and facilities for refugees. Asylum seeker: First-time asylum applications are country-specific and imply no time limit. Highest share of foreign population in Luxembourg, lowest in Romania. Concerning the definitions of age for migration flows, please note that 2018 data concern the respondent’s age reached or age at the end of the reference year for all EU-27 Member States with the exception of Ireland, Greece, Austria, Malta, Romania and Slovenia. The EU-27 Member State with the highest naturalisation rate in 2018 was Sweden (7.2 acquisitions per 100 non-national residents), followed by Romania and Portugal (with 5.6 and 5.1 acquisitions per 100 non-national residents, respectively). Keeping this cookie enabled helps us to improve our website. The Member State reporting the highest share of male immigrants was Croatia (75 %); by contrast, the highest share of female immigrants was reported in Portugal (53 %). (d) of Regulation 862/2007, which states that: ‘Member States shall supply to the Commission (Eurostat) statistics on the numbers of (…) persons having their usual residence in the territory of the Member State and having acquired during the reference year the citizenship of the Member State (…) disaggregated by (…) the former citizenship of the persons concerned and by whether the person was formerly stateless’. In September 2007, the European Commission presented its third annual report on migration and integration (COM(2007) 512 final). Relative to the size of the resident population, Malta recorded the highest rates of immigration in 2018 (55 immigrants per 1 000 persons), followed by Luxembourg (41 immigrants per 1 000 persons) — see Figure 2. However, since citizenship can change over the life-time of a person, it is also useful to analyse information by country of birth. Source: Eurostat, First permits by reason, length of validity and citizenship [migr_resfirst], This website uses cookies for its functionality and to analyse how users are engaging with the site. In addition, 1.4 million people previously residing in one EU-27 Member State migrated to another Member State. In the case of Latvia and Estonia, the proportion of citizens from non-member countries is particularly large due to the high number of recognised non-citizens (mainly former Soviet Union citizens, who are permanently resident in these countries but have not acquired any other citizenship). Objectives included enabling refugees to reach Europe through legal and safe pathways, ensuring that relocation responsibility is shared fairly between Member States, integrating migrants at local and regional levels. In 2018, the relative share of national immigrants (immigrants with the citizenship of the EU-27 Member State to which they were migrating) within the total number of immigrants was highest in Romania (82 % of all immigrants), Slovakia (60 %), Lithuania (57 %), Poland (55 %) and Bulgaria (55 %). In absolute terms, the main groups of EU-27 citizens acquiring citizenship of another EU-27 Member State were Romanians becoming citizens of Italy (6.5 thousand persons) and Germany (4.3 thousand persons), around half of the acquisitions of citizenship by Poles becoming citizens of Germany (6.2 thousand persons), and half of Italians becoming citizens of Germany (4.0 thousand persons). An analysis of the age structure of the population shows that, for the EU-27 as a whole, the foreign population was younger than the national population. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimate that in 2019, nearly 9.5 million people living in the UK were born abroad, just over 14% of the total population of the UK. Back to Immigration statistics year ending December 2018 content page.. European Union immigration statistics for 2005 was 36,780,404.00, a 24.25% increase from 2000. The cookie is used to store information of how visitors use a website and helps in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing. This domain comprises series of long-term international immigration during the reference year. Population projections. As reported in the July 2018 migration statistics quarterly report, Home Office visa and Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) data show that non-EU long-term student immigration has remained broadly stable since 2013. A total of 22 of the EU-27 Member States reported more immigration than emigration in 2018, but in Bulgaria, Croatia, Latvia, Lithuania and Romania the number of emigrants outnumbered the number of immigrants. Member States retain the right to determine volumes of admission for people coming from third countries to seek work. Within the European Commission, the Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs is responsible for the European migration policy. In addition, there were 13.3 million persons living in one of the EU-27 Member States on 1 January 2019 with the citizenship of another EU-27 Member State. These new EU-27 citizens were mainly from Africa (28 % of the total number of citizenships acquired), Europe outside of the EU-27 (25 %), Asia (16 %) as well as North and South America (14 %). 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