The pie graphs illustrate the main purposes of people migrating to and from the UK in 2007. Overall, the percentage of people looking for a definite job was the highest for both immigrating and emigrating. It is also clear that while attending formal study was generally the major purpose of immigrating, the figure for emigrating was the minor purpose among all purposes.
The share of people immigrating to find a definite job was similar to that of emigrating, with respective figures being 30% and 29%. Similarly, 15% of people immigrated for accompanying or joining, which was nearly the same as that of emigrating (13%)
The percentage of people coming to the UK for formal study was 26%, which exceeded that of coming out (4%). In addition, the figure for emigrating for work was 22%, which was far higher than immigrating (12%). Similarly, the proportion of people who went out of the UK without reason or other reasons was 32%, compared to 17% of going to the UK.
