The upper chart shows the number of persons who emigrated from a Member State in 2011 by citizenship status (foreigners and nationals). Data are not available for Bulgaria, Netherlands, Poland and Romania.
The lower chart displays 2011 net migration, i.e. the difference between migration outflows and inflows (immigration minus emigration), by citizenship group. This allows easy differentiation between countries that are net receivers and those with more departures than arrivals (absolute outflows). For instance in Italy, with the highest absolute inflow, the total population increase resulting from migration was in excess of 300 000 migrants – as shown by the yellow diamond – with an inflow of more than 385 000 and an outflow of more than 82 000 emigrants. Numbers of non-EU citizens increased by some 222 000 whilst the numbers of EU foreigners increased by almost 100 000 new immigrants. At the other extreme, the figure for net migration in Spain shows a reduction of 50 000 citizens, with the biggest decrease in non-EU foreigners – more than 54 000 – as well as a decrease in the number of nationals – with more than 20 000 emigrants – somewhat balanced by the arrival of almost 25 000 citizens from other MS. The United Kingdom shows the highest number of non-EU immigrants while Germany has the most EU immigrants. Figures for the Netherlands in this chart refer to 2009.
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