The pie charts illustrate the percentage of people who migrated to and from the UK with different motives in 2007.
Overall, most individuals traveled to and from the UK for a definite job. it is also apparent that definite job and formal study were the more famous reasons among immigrants, while most emigrants left the UK to look for job opportunities
Considering the more famous reasons, definite job was the main reason people relocated to the UK, about 30% for both immigrants and emigrants. Meanwhile, 22% of the emigration was because of looking for work, nearly double the figure for immigration, at 12%. Formal study was not a famous motive among emigrants, accounting for only 4%. This was strongly contrasted with that figure of immigrants, at 26%.
Regarding the less popular motives, those migrating to accompany/join made up 15% of immigration and a slightly lower 13% of emigration. These figures were comparatively equal to the proportion of residents who migrated with other reasons, with 11% for immigrants and 14% emigrants. Finally, only 6% of individuals immigrated to the UK without reason stated, which was one-third of this figure for emigrated, standing at 18%.