The diagrams depict the main causes why individuals migrated to and from the United Kingdom in the year of 2007. Overall, according to the graphs, people usually immigrated or emigrated due to a certain job. People were the least likely to immigrate without any reasons, though. In terms of leaving the UK, the most popular intentions of emigrating were definite jobs and the search for an occupation.
Regarding the immigration, the top reasons for that were definite job and formal study, accounting for 30% and 26% respectively . Accompany, standing at 15%, and searching for a job, at 12%, occupied the middle range of the list, with the latter being twice as high as the share of people immigrating with no clear purpose. Furthermore, 11% of migrants came to the UK for other reasons.
Turning to emigration, the main reason of doing this was the same as that of immigration, with 29% of people leaving the United Kingdom for a particular job, while the second largest proportion is different, as 22% of respondents emigrated in search of a new job. Unlike the insignificant figures for immigration without any reasons, leaving without a certain purpose was substantially more popular, accounting for 18%. Other purposes, accompany and formal study lagged behind, rounding out the list, standing at 14%, 13% and 4% respectively.