Many foods are shipped from far away. Some people think that eating local foods is environmentally and economically beneficial. Do you think the advantages outweigh its disadvantages?

The given line graph and the bar chart illustrate the information about the long-term international

migration

in the UK, between 1999 to 2008. Overall, it is noticeable that both the

figure

for

immigration

and emigration showed roughly an upward trend throughout the given

years

.

In addition

, the highest

figure

for net

migration

can be seen in the year 2004. Looking

first

at the trend of

immigration

and emigration, the

figure

for

immigration

climbed from around 450 thousand in 1999 to almost 600 thousand in 2008. As for the number of emigrants, a gradual increase can be seen from around 300 in 1999 to 400 in 2006;

however

, the

figure

fluctuates in the following

years

, falling to about 350 in 2007 and

then

rising again, climbing to 420 in 2007, eventually. Moving onto the net

figure

of

migration

, in the

first

five

years

, the net population of emigration remained relatively stable at 150 thousand. While both the

figure

for

immigration

and

migration

grew in the given

years

, the

figure

for net

migration

frequently fluctuated in the following five

years

, it surged to 250 in 2004 and dropped to 200 in 2006,

then

eventually, it ended up at 150 in 2008.