Poland migration
- Created by: Hayley Petts
- Created on: 08-01-13 19:25
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- Polish Migration
- Pull Factors
- UK employment rate 5.1% compared to Polish 18.2%
- in need of semi-skilled and unskilled labour
- Poles can earn x4 as much on minimum wage
- Polish family can save a 5th of what they take home + still enjoy better lifestyle
- existing polish communities
- knowledge of English language - as universal second landguage
- average annual wage £25,000
- better medical facilities - NHS
- average no. of job vacancies was 607,900 in jan 2007
- UK employment rate 5.1% compared to Polish 18.2%
- Push Factors
- unemployment rate 18.2% in 2005
- highest rate in OECD
- some rural areas have 40% unemployment rate
- Polan GDP per head $12,700 in 2006
- compared to UK $30,900
- low standard of living
- lack of opportunity
- average annual wage £4,000
- youth unemployment 40%
- unemployment rate 18.2% in 2005
- Impacts on Source Nations
- Social
- reduces pressure on jobs + resources
- reduces pressure on unemployment rate
- Demographic In balance
- more young women than men
- reduced birth rate
- more young women than men
- skill shortages in population
- if young people leave the proportion of age dependent rises
- =politic may rise standards of living
- Economical
- injection of foreign cash
- loss of primary + secondary workers
- migrants send remittances back home
- this can amount up to 10% of GDP
- decrease in economicaaly active
- loss of wokrers
- Environmental
- less pollution due to population decrease
- less pressure on resources
- loss of farm workers
- Social
- Impacts on Host Naations
- Social
- fills in gaps in labour
- workers work for longer hours + lower wages
- makes businesses competitive
- increased pressure on education
- 80% of new migrants are working people between 18=35
- tendency for aging population
- increased pressure on health care
- Environmental
- increased population means more people releasing CO2
- more land needed to provide housing for immigrants
- Economical
- migrants can stimulate economic growth
- contributed 0.5-1% in 2005+ 2006
- £2.54bn contributed to economy annually by migrants
- only 5,000 claim benefits -although some 70,000 claim child benefti
- migrant families are asylum seekers likely to be cost to economy
- migrants contribute to 10% of taxes but only take 9% of GOV. Spending
- Bank of England stated it has helped to prevent rapid rise in oil prices causing a damaging surge of inflation
- migrants can stimulate economic growth
- Social
- Location
- East-Anglia
- 1,500 migrants arriving everyday
- 1 in 11 are polish - Southampton
- 25% in Hertfordshire are polish
- Pull Factors
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