Increasing levels of both immigration and emigration.
Immigration:
1991: 314,000.
2012: 500,000.
Emigration:
1991: 238,000.
2012: 347,000.
Internal Migration
During industrial revolution massive population shift occurred from south to
industrial heart of the north. In 1851, more than half of the population of UK
lived in towns and cities. 20th century, the shift was reversed as people
moved south for service industry jobs, resulting in suburbanisation.
Immigration: movement into an area or society.
Eg. Between 1900 and 1945 Irish, Jews
and Eastern Europeans immigrated into the
UK to escape war and persecution.
Emigration: Movement out of an area or society.
Net migration: difference between numbers
of people have immigrated and emigrated.