Band 6+: The charts below show the reasons for immigrants to and from a European country in 2009. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparison where relevant.

The pie charts illustrate the motives of immigrants to and emigrants from one European country in 2009.

Overall, it is evident that there were numerous reasons that led to this phenomenon, with family reunification ranked the first in immigrant reasons while definite jobs accounted for the highest percentage of emigration purposes.

In terms of immigration, the main reasons why individuals immigrated to a European country were mostly family reunification and definite jobs, with 25% and 23% respectively. Following that were education purposes, seeking employment and other objectives with the same proportion of 15% that took up nearly half of the pie. Lastly, those moving there without any specific reason constituted only 7%.

When it comes to emigration, the primary reason for leaving a European country was to have a definite job, with 38% while the least common reason, accounting for only 4%, was having no specific reason. Other reasons were occupying 23$ which was also the second position. Next to that were family reunification, job pursuit and study, representing 15%, 13% and 7% respectively.