Summary

The Migration Statistics Quarterly Report (MSQR) is a summary of the latest official long-term international migration statistics for the UK for the year ending March 2018 published by Office for National Statistics (ONS). The report also includes data from the Home Office and the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) for the year ending June 2018.

Publications

• Migration Statistics Quarterly Report: August 2018

  A summary of the latest official long-term international migration statistics for the UK for the year ending March 2018, published by Office for National Statistics (ONS). Data from the Home Office and the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) are also included.

Data

• Provisional long-term international migration estimates (Discontinued after August 2020)

  Migration flows to and from the UK, quarterly tables and charts.

Methodology

• International migration methodology

• International Passenger Survey: quality information in relation to migration flows

  This background note provides an overview of the quality of the International Passenger Survey (IPS) for estimating international migration flows and has been updated following additional work carried out during 2017. This includes the implementation of electronic questionnaires on tablets to replace the current paper questionnaires, an out-of-hours pilot, and a comparison of how other countries measure long-term immigration.

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