The line graph shows how long immigrant intended to stay in Uk from 2000 to 2008, in 1- year intervals. Beside, the pie chart givens compare five different reasons for migration in 2008.
Looking at the illustration, it is immediately evident that the majority of Immigrants plan to stay in the UK for no more than two years, whereas the opposite was true for 2 to 4 years. According to the pie chart, work was the key cause of migration in 2008, no reason stated contained the least.
With regards to the line graph, in 2000, the number of immigrants in the” up to 2 years” and “4 or more years” groups were equal dominated the chart at approximately 150 thousand, while 2 to 4 years stay when immigrating to the UK came in last at around 50 thousand. However, during 2001, the number of immigrants intending to emigrate for a period of up to 2 years increased significantly and reached a peak at 250 thousand in 2004. In 2008, after some fluctuations, up to 2 years experienced exponential growth and continued to register the biggest figure in the chart. The number of people planning to resettle residents for 4 or more years remain relatively stable, fluctuating around 150 thousand. In addition, it was a slightly rise from 50 to 100 thousand immigrants will stay for 2 to 4 years during this period .
As for the pie chart showed that 38% of all immigrants came for work, making this the most prominent factor. Study ranked second with 32%, which was exactly double the figure that of accompany/join family. Other reasons and non-respondents both account for 7% of the total.