MIGRATION

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  • Created by: Sofia
  • Created on: 28-01-14 00:35

MIGRATION

Causes

  • It is estimated that 800, 000 people have moved to Britain with the majority of approximately half a million being Polish
  • Birth rates in Britain have dropped to a historic low with women having an average of 1.64 children
  • The export of polish food in the UK has tripled since Poland joined the EU
  • Poles are the third largest foreign born community after Irish and Indian born people in Britain
  • the government estimates migration has been 20x larger than expected
  • unemployment and homeless immigrants has changed public attitudes
  • Poland has a net migration rate of -0.46 migrant(s)/1,000
  • Polish population is already in decline due to their falling fertility rate of 1.3

Effects

  • population of 1.3 billion, has recently become the second largest economy
  • second largest number of poor in the world after India
  • In 2012, 128 million people still live below the national poverty line of RMB 2,300 per year (about $1.8 a day)
  • this is contrasted by the average GDP of a person in Shanghai province (the second highest) of US$12,783 in 2011
  • Nearly 160 million (almost 12% of the population) has left rural areas to seek work in the cities
  • rural income is less than 40% of that of urban income

Overall summary

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