The mixed chart delineates the statistics of three categories including immigration, emigration and net migration in the United Kingdom, spanning the years 1999-2008. Overall, there was an upward trend in both numbers of citizens getting in and out of the country during this decade.
Specifically, in 1999, there were about 450 thousand immigrants and 300 thousand emigrants, with the net recorded to be over 150 thousand. In the next few years, the net had not experienced any significant fluctuation until 2004, the gap of people came to live in UK versus move out of the country reached nearly 250 thousand. In this year, the number of immigrants reached it top at 600 thousand, while only 350 thousand people emigrated to another destination. The figures in the latter half of the period kept ranging around 600 thousand immigrants and 350-400 emigrants per year, with the net varied from 150-200 thousand in 2008.
In essence, there was a correlation between the rate of immigration and emigration in the long-term international migration of UK from 1999 to 2008. These figures suggest that this trend will remain unchanged in the future if current governmental policies are carried on in this nation.
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