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The two pie charts compare why people 

moved migrated into and out of the United


Kingdom in the year 2007, with six percentage-wise factors shown.

Overall, getting a [ 1] definite job was the primary reason for migration. It is also
apparent that formal study was the least influential in terms of emigration.

Looking at the details, the proportions of people moving to and leaving the UK for
employment reasons were relatively similar, at 30% and 29% in turn. Another leading
factor (26%) for entering this migrating to that country was to pursue education, with
over a quarter, while only a minority (5%) emigrated out of the UK for this that reason.

Furthermore, there was a modest difference between the percentages of


immigration (15%) and emigration (13%) caused by for the purpose of accompanying or
joining a family member. , at 15% and 13%. Occupation seeking comprised 12% for the
former, and 10% slightly more than that for the latter. Moreover, although over three in
ten people chose cited other motives or did not state why they emigrated, these
accounted for half of that a smaller combined percentage (17%) accounted for those
categories regarding immigration.

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[ 1]: “definite job” is unnatural in that context. It is not your fault, but do be careful
where you get your practice material from. That diagram was not designed by a
native/proficient speaker of English.

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