Poland to UK migration:Social and economic impacts
- Created by: Drachel
- Created on: 09-02-14 16:51
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- A Moving World: Poland to UK migration
- Social and Economic impacts on the host country (UK)
- There's been an increase in Polish shops selling Polish newspapers, food, which adds to the cultural mix in the British society
- The cultural history of Poland is being taught in British schools, which helps their classmates understand them better
- There has been an increase in child benifit applications - 27,000. Some of these child benifits are still claimed, even if the child doesn't live in the UK
- British employers like Polish workers as they are hard working and carry out the jobs which aren't preferred by British workers e.g. fruit picking and packing boxes
- The migrant recieves approx £20,000 a year, which allows them to spend a considerable amount on luxuries
- In Cambridgeshire, the police workforce has to deal with 100 differnt languages - costs £800,000 for translators
- Social and economic impacts on the origin country (Poland)
- The Polish villages are suffering from depopulation as migrants are leaving to UK, leaving the older generation behind
- An increase in salaries means poeple can buy luxury goods
- The birth rate has decreased as the migrants are in the reproductive age group
- In 2007, the counstruction industry 35% of the jobs could not be filled, due to the shortage of workers
- In 2007, montly salaries increased by 9%
- A legislation in Poland offered migrants a one off payment of %5,000 equal to 10 months pay to encourage them to com eback to Poland
- Social and Economic impacts on the host country (UK)
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