The pie charts illustrate the main reasons why people migrated to and from the UK in 2007. These reasons include formal study, definite job, looking for work, joining family or friends, no reason stated, and other unspecified causes.
Overall, having a definite job was the most common reason for both immigration and emigration. However, while formal study was the second most frequent reason for entering the UK, the second most cited reason for leaving was to look for work.
In terms of immigration, the largest proportion of people (30%) moved to the UK for a definite job. This was closely followed by those who migrated for formal study, accounting for 26% of all immigrants. Other notable reasons included joining family or friends (15%), looking for work (12%), and no reason stated (11%). A small minority (6%) came for other unspecified reasons.
On the other hand, emigration from the UK showed slightly different trends. While a definite job remained the top reason (29%), looking for work was the second most common motivation at 22%. This was followed by no reason stated (18%) and joining family or friends (14%). Formal study and other reasons were less significant, representing 4% and 13% respectively.