Release

International Migration: The Story Behind The Estimates

Release date: Cancelled
Important information:

This release is postponed to ensure population estimates are consistent with migration statistics this autumn. Please see newly announced publication [https://www.ons.gov.uk.uk/releases/improvinginternationalmigrationstatisticsusingadministrativedata] where we will confirm publication dates in due course.

Summary

An article that explains to users why we have moved from a survey-based methodology for estimating international migration to using administraive data, why this is an improvement and then the remaining challenges. It’s purpose is to bring all the information we have published over the years into one, easily digestible article.

Changes to this release date

  1. Previous date

    15 September 2023 9:30am

    Reason for change

    This release date has been changed to publish alongside Revised UK international migration statistics: 2012 to 2021. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.