The graph and chart below give information about migration to the UK from 2000 to 2008 Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

The line graph illustrates the total of people migrating to the UK during 2000 - 2008/ from 2000 to 2008 and the pie chart depicts the reason they moved to the UK in 2008.

Overall

, there were no remarkable differences in the number of immigrants except in

under-2-year

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the under-2-year

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category. Noticeably,

while

the total population staying under 2

years

was the highest, studying and working were the dominant purposes for migration in 2008. In 2000, the groups of immigrants who stayed up to 2

years

and at least 4

years

shared the same level at 150, which was 3 times more than another. From 2001 to 2004, the figure of immigrants living up to 2

years

witnessed a significant increase to 250, and became the highest,

then

stabilized at

this

level until the end of the observed time.

In contrast

, minimal changes were seen in those who lived from 2 to 4

years

from the beginning to 2005.

Although

this

figure exhibited continuous growth during the following

years

to reach 100, which was double, in 2008, it was still the lowest. Strikingly, the number of migrants staying in 4 or more

years

maintained at 150 over the 8-year period. Accounting for 38%, immigration for work was the most popular reason, followed by 32% of people coming for study. These reasons accounted for the majority, with 70%, 54% higher than the percentages of accompany and family reunited reasons.

Finally

, there was a similarity in the rates of other and none reasons at 7%, which was the lowest.