Who is coming to America?
May 6th 2009, 8:28 pm
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Re: Who is coming to America?
The UK Annual Abstract of Statistics has a table called "Acceptance for Settlement by Nationality"..
According to this data, in 2004 only six countries exceeded the United States in terms of number of citizens accepted for settlement in the UK. They were Serbia & Montenegro, Turkey, Nigeria, South Africa, India and Pakistan. These are the number of US Citizens "accepted for settlement;"
2002 - 4,355
2003 - 5,620
2004 - 4,120
And yet, according to the table at the end of the UN publication I linked to earlier, there are an estimated 224,000 US Citizens resident in the UK. That seems high, with immigration of four or five thousand a year..?
According to this data, in 2004 only six countries exceeded the United States in terms of number of citizens accepted for settlement in the UK. They were Serbia & Montenegro, Turkey, Nigeria, South Africa, India and Pakistan. These are the number of US Citizens "accepted for settlement;"
2002 - 4,355
2003 - 5,620
2004 - 4,120
And yet, according to the table at the end of the UN publication I linked to earlier, there are an estimated 224,000 US Citizens resident in the UK. That seems high, with immigration of four or five thousand a year..?
Last edited by robin1234; May 6th 2009 at 8:50 pm. Reason: added final paragraph.
May 6th 2009, 8:46 pm
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Re: Who is coming to America?
I just looked at earlier data (we have the British Abstract of Statistics back to 1955 at this library, with data back to 1938.) It seems that from 1938 - 2004, immigration to the UK from the US has been from about 2,000 to 5,000 per year.
May 7th 2009, 1:46 am
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Re: Who is coming to America?
Almost 1/2 of them - 45% - were 'immediate relatives of US citizens', I guess that includes the marriage based visas
May 7th 2009, 12:27 pm
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May 7th 2009, 1:01 pm
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Re: Who is coming to America?
May 7th 2009, 2:21 pm
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May 7th 2009, 3:40 pm
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Re: Who is coming to America?
Perhaps that's where the 64 UK asylum seekers came from. Same error, but in reverse?
May 7th 2009, 9:58 pm
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Re: Who is coming to America?
I thought it was the first country you came to you had to land and make your claim there. You couldn't transit to a third country.
