The pie charts provide information about why people migrated to and from the UK in the year 2007.
Overall, the percentage of people moving in or out of the UK to assume a permanent position was the highest in both charts. In addition, the figure for people who immigrated to the UK for academic pursuits was also remarkable, but it is the lowest figure in the emigration chart.
The number of people who entered the UK to undertake a permanent job is nearly equal to that of those who left the country for the same reason, with respective figures being 30% and 29%. Similarities can be seen in the proportion of people whose reason for migration is to accompany their relatives, which is 15% for immigration and 13% for emigration.
While 26% of immigrants choose the reason they went to the UK is to pursue a formal education, this is only the case for 4% of emigrants. 22% of people who moved out of the UK said that they did so to seek job opportunities, as opposed to 12% of immigrants. The total percentage of people who gave other reasons or no reason for emigration was 32%, which was almost double that of immigration figure.