Observatório da Emigração

Portuguese inflow into the UK is the lowest since 2001

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Inês Vidigal

There were 4,414 Portuguese who entered the United Kingdom in 2023, according to data from the Department for Work and Pensions. That British agency accounted for a total of 1,110,596 foreigners in the United Kingdom, with the Portuguese representing 0.4% of that total. +

Compared to the same period in 2022, the number of Portuguese who entered the UK decreased by 44%, from de 7,941 in 2022, to 4,414, in 2023. The total number of migrant entries into the UK reached a record high for the period under analysis (1,110,596 entries in 2023). This increase in the total number of entries and the decrease in Portuguese entries, meant a decrease in the representation of Portuguese nationals on British territory, only in 2001 was there a lower figure. This fall is likely to be associated with the new immigration rules for the United Kingdom post-Brexit.

Link https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk

Cite as Vidigal, Inês (2024), “Portuguese inflow into the UK is the lowest since 2001”, Observatório da Emigração. http://observatorioemigracao.pt/np4EN/9801.html

[By Inês Vidigal]

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