Caring for migrant patients in the UK: how the Migrant Health Guide can help

摘要

The Latest figures estimate that in 2009 11 % of the UK population had been born abroad, representing an increase on the 8% recorded during the 2001 Census. India, Poland, and Pakistan were the top three most common countries of birth for migrants living in the UK in 2009, but in London the largest groups among those born abroad were African-born (just under a quarter in both inner and outer London) and European-born (a quarter in inner London and a fifth in outer London]. The largest number of new long-term migrants over the last 5 years has come from the European Union [the majority from the original EU-15 countries).