This briefing examines what is known about children of migrants who are under age 18 living in the UK. It looks at numbers and shares of foreign-born and non-UK citizen children, immigration statuses and pathways to citizenship, economic circumstances and academic performance.

Key findings include:

• In 2019, 6% (896,000) of children under age 18 were born abroad, and 8% (1,082,000) were non-UK/non-Irish citizens.
• EU citizen children and adults are less likely to apply for UK citizenship than residents with a non-EU nationality.
• More than a quarter (3,839,000) of children under age 18 living in the UK have at least one parent who is born abroad.

Published in August 2020 by the Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford.