I noticed
that Ireland (EU) is omitted from the figures relating to the population of
British citizens in the EU, thus when we read:
6.1. It is
estimated that around 1 million UK nationals are long-term
residents
of other EU countries, including around 300,000 in Spain. France and Germany
also host large numbers of British citizens.
and then
look at the following chart
Population
of British citizens resident in the EU, 2011(sic)
Only a
footnote to this chart reveals that it "Excludes Republic of Ireland and
Luxembourg" but why should it exclude Ireland as the data is available?
And this
makes the chart wholly misleading as Ireland has some 287,600 British citizens,
and is second in size only to Spain. Why is Ireland excluded like this? Fact is
there are more British citizens in Ireland than in France and Germany combined.
The United
Nations estimates “1.22 million British people live in the European Union”
their figure is from (2015) this White Paper figure is from 2011!
Country of residence | Total | Under 15 years | 15 to 29 years | 30 to 49 years | 50 to 64 years | 65 years and over |
All EU members | 1,138,965 | 121,886 | 127,364 | 392,853 | 291,773 | 205,078 |
Spain | 296,220 | 15,765 | 22,055 | 70,835 | 91,495 | 96,070 |
Ireland | 287,600 | 30,820 | 49,241 | 123,797 | 55,517 | 28,225 |
France | 169,945 | 18,617 | 16,745 | 45,999 | 54,628 | 33,956 |
Germany | 80,290 | 6,640 | 9,000 | 29,510 | 26,060 | 9,090 |
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