The given chart shows the number of immigration and emigration in the UK from 1999 to 2008.

The chart depicts the data of immigrants and emigrants in the UK between 1999 and 2008.

Overall

,

it is clear that

the number of immigrants gradually increased until 2004 and reached its peak in 2006.

In contrast

, there is a fluctuation in terms of the amount of emigration during the nine-year period before it climbed to its climax by the end of the reporting year. Focusing on the incomers moving to the UK, at the beginning of the report, there were roughly 450

thousand

settlers.

Thereafter

, the trend began to surge moderately from 2000 and 2003 and experienced a significant jump to nearly 600

thousand

people in 2004, making it the year with the highest net newcomers.

Although

there was a sudden drop in 2005, the figure

finally

hit its peak in 2006 with 600

thousand

newcomers recorded. Moving on to the emigration, there were no more than 300

thousand

UK citizens moving away from the country at the start. The figure

then

went through several ups and downs before it flattened to approximately 360

thousand

leavers in 2002 and 2003. These years were

also

recorded to be the lowest net settlers among the rest of the year. The slope continued to fluctuate before climbing to its climax at more than 400

thousand

emigrants in 2008.