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Table 2 Average immigration flows

From: The effects of international migration on the well-being of native populations in Europe

Country

Average immigration inflows (thousands) 2

Standard deviation (SD)

Germany

614.81

44.303

Spain

537.299

235.503

United Kingdom

364.587

88.889

Italy

314.151

137.651

Russian Federation

234.319

88.249

Turkey

162.945

13.63

France

122.328

19.728

Switzerland

108.477

23.598

Austria

86.916

11.781

Netherlands

82.605

14.641

Belgium

77.771

16.791

Sweden

58.026

19.035

Ireland

50.709

23.563

Czech Republic

47.205

30.71

Portugal

42.273

39.414

Norway

37.15

12.79

Poland

31.689

9.585

Israel

31.388

20.638

Denmark

24.616

6.168

Hungary

23.003

4.835

Cyprus

16.815

4.053

Bulgaria

14.482

8.626

Slovenia

14.038

9.59

Luxembourg

13.1

2.019

Finland

12.828

4.038

Slovak Republic

8.836

4.608

  1. 1Data are taken from OECD (2012) unless otherwise noted.
  2. 2Annual immigration flows for each country are calculated by taking the average of annual immigration flows over the period of 1999–2009. Immigration data for Cyprus received from Eurostat (2013).