Migration case study: Poland to the
UK
Introduction Figure 1: The A8 Nations which joined the EU in April 2004
On 1 April 2004 Poland was one of
ten nations joining the European
Union. Eight of these countries
(known as the A8…
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unemployment rates of over 40%. Table 1: Leading occupations in which registered workers were employed (June
Young Poles, even with a high 2004June 2006)
level of education, faced a youth
unemployment rate of over 40%. Occupation Total
· The UK's…
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Figure 4: Airports in Poland with manufacturing (33%), agriculture Airport's international passenger
scheduled low-cost flights to the UK and and fisheries (25%) and distribution, numbers increased from 138,000 in
airports in the UK with scheduled low- hotel and retail (20%).…
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shortcomings in the UK workforce. intend to stay permanently in this Jane Hardy and Nick Clark, `EU
Labour MP Frank Field pointed country indications are that most Enlargement, Workers and
out that school leavers and intend to return home,…
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