Figure 1 shows that the level of emigration appears to have been rising from 1998 to 2008 and recently has been decreasing. Recent emigration levels for all migrants leaving the UK show a sharp decline after reaching a peak in 2008 of 427,000 to 339,000 in 2010. This year to year decrease is similar to that seen between 2006 and 2007, when the number of emigrants dropped from 398,000 to 341,000. Figure 1 shows the level of emigration is now at a similar level as that last observed in 2007 (341,000).