„Bretland“: Munur á milli breytinga

Bretland er ólíkt sumum öðrum evrópskum löndum að því leyti að mannfjöldi þess fer enn vaxandi vegna aðflutnings fólks.<ref>[http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23542455-details/Immigration+and+births+to+non-British+mothers+pushes+British+population+to+record+high/article.do Immigration and births to non-British mothers pushes British population to record high] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210072321/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23542455-details/Immigration+and+births+to+non-British+mothers+pushes+British+population+to+record+high/article.do |date=2008-12-10 }}, This is London, 22. águśt 2008</ref> Aðflutningur stóð undir helmingi mannfjölgunar frá 1991 til 2001. Borgarar frá [[Evrópusambandið|Evrópusambandinu]] hafa rétt til að búa og vinna á Bretlandi.<ref>[http://europa.eu/scadplus/leg/en/lvb/l33152.htm Right of Union citizens and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States] europa.eu, skoðað 6. nóvember 2008</ref> Sjöttungur innflytjenda var frá löndum sem fengu inngöngu í ESB árið [[2004]]. Einnig komu margir frá löndum í [[breska samveldið|Samveldinu]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1569400/Emigration-soars-as-Britons-desert-the-UK.html |title=Emigration soars as Britons desert the UK}}</ref> Samkvæmt opinberum tölum hafa 2,3 milljónir innflytjenda flutt til Englands síðan 1997, 84% frá löndum utan Evrópu.<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/labour/3230463/Immigration-Phil-Woolas-admits-Labour-responsible-for-string-of-failures.html Immigration: Phil Woolas admits Labour responsible for string of failures] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100523205821/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/labour/3230463/Immigration-Phil-Woolas-admits-Labour-responsible-for-string-of-failures.html |date=2010-05-23 }}, Telegraph, 21. október 2008</ref> Sjö milljónir nýrra innflytjenda eru væntanlegar fyrir 2031. Árið 2007 voru innflytjendur 237.000 sem var aukning frá árinu áður þegar 191.000 manns fluttu til Englands. Jafnframt búa 5,5 milljónir Breta erlendis, aðallega í [[Ástralía|Ástralíu]], á [[Spánn|Spáni]] og í [[Frakkland]]i.<ref>{{vefheimild|url=http://www.ippr.org/publicationsandreports/publication.asp?id=509|titill=Brits Abroad: Mapping the scale and nature of British emigration|höfundur=Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah og Catherine Drew|útgefandi=Institute for Public Policy Research|dagsetning=11. desember 2006|árskoðað=2007|mánuðurskoðað=20. január}}</ref>