The migration numbers row There are two measures of immigration to Britain – the International Passenger Survey (IPS) which counts people coming through air and sea ports, and the number of National Insurance number registrations (NINo) Immigration (IPS) Emigration (IPS) NINo registrations 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 000s 2005 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 Net migration 2010: Impact of eurozone debt crisis Jan 2014: UK lifts transitional employment restrictions for citizens of Bulgaria and Romania 825,000 Includes 195,000 non-EU migrants 2.68 million Number of people born in other EU countries living in UK, according to 2011 Census 1.81 million Number of British migrants in other EU countries – 963,000 people born in Britain and 849,000 people with British nationality, according to Eurostat EU countries with most foreign-national residents (January 2015) Germany 7.5m 9.3% of population UK 5.4m 8.4% Italy 5.0m 8.2% Spain 4.5m 9.6% France 4.4m 6.6% Sources: ONS, House of Commons Library – Migration Statistics, Eurostat -------- Captions on screen graphic 825,000 Includes 195,000 non-EU migrants 630,000 NINo registrations by EU nationals 297,000 British citizens emigrating 333,000 Net migration