The pie graphs illustrate the main motvations for immigration and emigration from the UK in 2007.
Overall, definite job emerged as the predominant category in both proportion of immigration and emigration whereas formal study recorded a far more common reason for immigration than emigration.
Regarding immigration, definite occupation accounted for 30%, one-third of the total and making it the most prevalent reason. This was closely followed by formal study with 26%, slightly over a quarter. Conversely, people who accompained with their family members in the UK made up 15%, lagging behind the formal study figure by 9 percentage points. The three remaining categories were less far common. Seeking job opportunities and other unspecific reasons shared the nearly same figure at 12% and 11% respectively whereas no reason stated accounted for only 6% of the total.
Turning next to the emigration, a definite job also recorded the largest proportion for this group, making up 29%. There were over one-fifth of migrants that left to the UK to search job somewhere else, followed by no reason stated with 18%. Other unspecific motivations and people who joined with family members accounted for 14% and 13% respectively. Studying was the least common reason for this emigartion, with only 4% of the total.
