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Abstract
Using data from the 2001 Census Special Migration Statistics, this paper explores ethnic variations in the propensity to migrate, the effectiveness of net migration in redistributing ethnic populations, and the connectivity between places that results from ethnic migration. London has by far the largest concentration of ethnic minority populations in Great Britain and plays a key role in the national internal migration system. By decomposing the net migration balances of boroughs into those within and across London's outer metropolitan boundary, the paper reveals different spatial processes of decentralisation and dispersal as well as centralisation when comparing ethnic groups.
Acknowledgements
The research reported in this paper has been supported by an ESRC small research grant (Ref: RES-163-25-0028) commissioned under the Understanding Population Trends and Processes (UPTAP) programme. The authors are grateful to Tony Champion and Ludi Simpson and to three anonymous JEMS referees for their comments on earlier versions of the paper.
Notes
1. For the latest round of this debate, played out in the pages of JEMS, see Johnston (Citation2010; Peach (Citation2010).
2. More-detailed analysis of ethnic group distributions and migration can be found in the briefings prepared by the Greater London Data Management and Analysis Group (e.g. Bains Citation2005; Mackintosh Citation2005).
