UK to Spain Migration
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- Created by: Hayley Petts
- Created on: 09-01-13 16:00
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- UK to Spain migration
- Facts
- around 750,000 permanently living
- majority economically inactive
- 60% are over the age of 45
- Push Factors
- rising crime rates
- weather
- high taxation + increasing house prices
- lack of space
- Congestion
- low environmental quality
- Pull Factors
- cheaper housing
- cost of living
- receive same pension-lower tax rates + food +drink cheaper
- creates more disposable income
- receive same pension-lower tax rates + food +drink cheaper
- better weather
- hotter summers + mild winters
- relaxed lifestyle
- slower pace of life
- low cost airlines have made it easier + cheaper to travel back home
- leisure facilities
- health care
- people who receive UK pension receive free health care anywhere in EU
- Expatriate society - network of British already living there
- Impacts on Source Nations
- Social
- fewer old people to look after
- reduces dependency ratio
- less stress on health care
- separation of families
- decrease aging population
- reduces net migration
- fewer problems
- fewer old people to look after
- Economical
- loss of highly experienced work force
- especially if retired early
- loss of potential child minders
- more cost for family with young children
- grey pound spent overseas
- less people paying taxes
- to support health care, education + aging population
- loss of highly experienced work force
- Environmental
- relieves pressure for new homes
- there to build on greenfield sites
- less demand on reousrces
- less people emitting CO2 - less pollution
- relieves pressure for new homes
- Social
- Impacts on Host Nations
- Social
- Britain's not integrated with local community
- English news papers sold in Costa Blanca
- English bars + shops
- increased net migration
- emigrant "ghettos" are created with little social + cultural integration
- Costa Delsol
- immigrants seek to enter local politics
- 100 since 2000
- Britain's not integrated with local community
- Economical
- increased spending in local economy
- some retirees highly affluent
- jobs created in construction, retail, legal _ health care services
- land once wasted can be used for new hours/ villas
- some benefits + health care borne by host country
- increased spending in local economy
- Environmental
- flood risk as urban areas develop
- water supply are strained in semi arid areas
- large scale villa development
- degraded biodiversity
- destroyed coastal landscapes
- Social
- Facts
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