The below chart gives information the data of immigration, emigration and net migration in UK between 1999 and 2008.

The chart illustrates how many people immigrated to and emigrated from the UK,

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of net migrants, in the period from 1999 to 2008. Both

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and emigration,

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some fluctuations were observed throughout the period, expressed an upward trajectory,

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net

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was not stable, particularly in 2004 and 2007, when its numbers were slightly increased. The

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of people immigrating

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started around 450

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in 1999, showed a gradual increase over time, resulting in approximately 600

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in 2008.

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, the

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of emigrants

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began at about 300

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, presented a constant growth, leading to more than 400

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in 2008.

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, there was a spike in

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in 2004 and a slump in emigration in 2007, which increased the

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of net immigrants in these years. Except for these two years, net

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, marked about 180

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in 1999,

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showed a gradual increasing trend, but the

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in 2008 was almost the same level as that in 1999.