The line graph compares the frequency of immigration and emigration in the territory of the United Kingdom between 1991 and 2008. The bar chart presents data on net migration throughout the same frame of time.
Overall, both immigration and emigration witnessed an increase by 2008; While net migrations had its peak in 2004 and 2008, it decreased in total.
In 1999, almost 460,000 people immigrated to the UK; its features continued with fluctuations and periodic stabilities between numbers of 500,000 and 600,000. However, it ended up with a slight rise in 2008, at about 600,000. In comparison, emigration started at about 300,000 people, which also saw oscillations over the period, before dropping remarkably by nearly 50,000 in 2007. Furthermore, the trend recovered slightly after a year, to above 410,000.
In contrast, net migration’s features hovered between 150,000 and 200,000 for most of the given time, reaching a solid 200,000 in 2006. Except for 2004 and 2007, when its number exceeded and gained about 220,000.