The supplied pie chart compares the percentages of various reasons for immigrating to and emigrating from the UK in 2007.
Overall, what stands apart from others is that in both charts, the definite job purpose for migration held the largest share. Furthermore, formal study was the second main reason for immigration; in contrast, it ranked at the bottom in the case of emigration.
Looking first at the contribution of definite job purpose, it made up just less than a third in both immigration and emigration. The percentage of people who emigrated from the UK was higher than that of those who immigrated, accounting for 22% and 12%, respectively. Meanwhile, immigrated students for formal study made up 26%, which was almost 7 times greater than those who emigrated.
Regarding the reason of accompany and join reasons, both graphs show nearly same amounts. (15; 13%). In terms of other reasons, emigration represented 14 %, which was 3 % higher than the percentage of immigration. Likewise, concerning emigrants, the share for no reason stated was threefold larger, with immigration amounting to a mere 6 %.