trend of net migration flows for 43 european countries, with a net loss of 1.9 million people in 1955, up to a net gain of 7.5 million in 2005 

Net migration flows into 43 of 47 Council of Europe country members. Outgoing migrants outnumbered incoming ones until the 1970's.
Thereafter, the trend reversed, these countries receiving many more migrants than those they let go.
After 2005, projections indicate a stabilizing europe immigration that could reach around 4 million people in 2010 and 2015.

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