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25.
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
000
(Net outward flow
shown by "-"; net inward by "+")
1946-51
47,867
G
· 38
1951-56
49,176
-35
1956-61
50,004
+43 +
1961-66
51,380
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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