The line graph provides data about the length of stay desired by people immigrating to the UK from 2000 to 2008. The pie chart depicts the reasons why immigrants came to the UK in the year 2008.
Overall, the number of immigrants who intanded stay during all given spans saw a noticeable increase over a seven-year period, with the exception of the figure for people staying up to 2 years, while the biggest growth was observed in the latter, despite fluctuating until over a half of period given. It is also clear that work was a reason for migration to the UK in 2008.
According to the graph shows, in 2000, 100 thousand immigrants intended to stay in the UK for more than 4 years, which was a span with being preferred by the highest number of visitors, while the number of people staying in this country up to 2 years ranked second with 80 thousand. The figure for travelers intended to stay between 2 and 4 years, meanwhile, was a two-fold lower than that of a dominant period – 4 or more years.
Over a following 7 years, the number of immigrants who planned to stay in the UK at least 4 years increased gradually throughout the whole given year, reaching nearly 140 thousand. However, the number of people living in this country for 2 to 4 years surpassed as the lead category with an increase of 90 thousand, although the figure fluctuated at around 55 thousand till the year 2005. In contrast, the number of immigrants planning to live in the UK up to 2 years reamained uchanged at its initial figure by 2007.
As for the pie chart, the primary reason for migration to the UK was work in 2008, accounting for 33% of the total figure, while over a quarter of the immigrants came to the country to study. 7% of the immigrants did not state a reason for coming to the UK, while accompanying or joining family contributed 21% of the total reasons. Other reasons were responsible for the remaining figure in the chart.