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14. THE EFFECTS OF MIGRATION MOVEMENTS INTO AND OUT OF THE UK
1.
The effects of population movements into and out of the
country since the war are shown in the following table:
POPULATION AND NET MIGRATION:
Period (mid-year to mid-year
Population at beginning
of period
'000
GREAT BRITAIN: 1946-1978
Net annual migration during period
T000
38
(Net outward flow
shown by "_"; net inward by "+")
1946-51
47,867
1951-56
49,176
- 35
: 1956-61
50,004
1961-66
51,380
443+
1
1966-71
53,025
- 50
1971-72
54,071
-32
1972-73
54,236
+
8*
1973-74
54,366
- 67
1974-75
54,376
63
1975-76
54,363
14
1976-77
54,347
16
1977-78
54,315
-
22
1978-79
54,283
This period characterised by large-scale West Indian and Asian immigration.
This figure affected by arrival of Ugandan Asians Source: OPCS; Population Trends, Spring 1979.
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