The graph and chart below give information about migration to the UK. The graph below shows how long immigrants in the year 2000-2008 intended to stay in the UK. And the pie-chart shows reasons for migration in 2008. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The graph and chart below give information about migration to the UK. The graph below shows how long immigrants in the year 2000-2008 intended to stay in the UK. And the pie-chart shows reasons for migration in 2008. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
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The line graph illustrates the number of
years
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that immigrants intend to stay in Great Britain between 2000 and 2008 and the pie diagram presents the proportion of five different reasons in 2008.
Overall
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,
it is clear that
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the vast majority of people tend to stay in the UK
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for up
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to 2
years
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except in the early period
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several individuals are not interested in staying around 2-4
years
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.
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, in 2008, one of the most
reasons
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important reasons
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that they gave was for work.
To begin
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with, both the 4+ and 0-2 staying length of immigrants
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started at the same level which was at 150 and levelled off at
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level for one year.
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, both of them
further
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widened by the former
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continuously shot up to a gigantic 250 in 2004 and the latter
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remained unchanged throughout the
last
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year.
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, the 2-4
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group
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fluctuated from a petite 50 in 2000 to 100 in 2008. What is interesting to note is that the 0-2
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was lower than the 4+
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roughly 3 times in the first year but in the end, it reduced to 1.5 times.
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, the fraction of work reason occupied an enormous 38% and came in first place. Study and Accompany / join family registered a massive 32% and 16% respectively. Both other and no-reason accounted for 7%. What is surprising to see is that the percentage of study was more than family two times.
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Sentences: Add more complex sentences.
Vocabulary: Replace the words years, group with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "stay" was used 2 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • immigrate
  • emigrate
  • migration
  • immigrant
  • intended length of stay
  • short-term stay
  • long-term stay
  • trends
  • peaks
  • troughs
  • upward trend
  • downward trend
  • primary reasons
  • comparative analysis
  • contributing factors
  • data interpretation
  • work-related migration
  • study-related migration
  • family reunification
  • asylum seeking
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