Questão 1
Questão
Tick the positive impacts on the Host country (UK)
Responda
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Migrants take up most of the unwanted jobs such as labouring and cleaning
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Good for regional employers seeking cheap and temporary labour
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£2.54 billion is contributed to the economy annually by Eastern European migrants
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Religion barriers
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Migrants contribute to 0.5 to 1% of the UKs economic growth in 2005 and 2006
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80% of new migrants are working people aged 18-35. This offsets the tendancy for the uk population to age helping with an ageing population
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National insurance contibutions would have to be higher if immigration was lower
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Bank of England stated migration helped to prevent the rapid rise in oil prices from causing a damaging surge of inflation. Interest rates could remain lower.
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The cost of borrowing/mortgages would be 0.5% higher if not for migrants.
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Migrants hard-working, enthusiasm skilled and flexible.
Questão 2
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How much is contributed annually to the economy by the eastern European migrants?
Questão 3
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How much did economic migrants contribute to the 1% of the Uk economic growth in 2005 and 2006?
Questão 4
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What percentage of migrants are working people?
Questão 5
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How much higher would the cost of borrowing or mortgages be if not for migrants?
Questão 6
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Tick the negative impacts on the UK (Host country )
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Have to support some poor poles
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Good for cheap labour
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Poles take British jobs
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Young poles may behave badly
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Migrants skilled and enthusiastic
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School leavers, uni-students missing out n vacation jobs due to migrants
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Lots of migrators in areas which aren't used to migration, tension, misunderstandings, anti-polish graffiti , abuse and attacks.
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National insurance would be higher
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Religious barriers, protestants in northern island have been attacking catholic poles. Xenophobia ( Fear of other people)
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Money is sent home (remittances) about £4bn a year to Poland.
Questão 7
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How much money is sent home to Poland a year?
Questão 8
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Tick the positive impacts on Poland (the exporting country)
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More work available in Poland
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Rapid growing shortage of skilled workers
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Lots of Poles return home after achieving their short term goals in the UK
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Estimated that In 5 years time 60% of Poles who have moved to the UK will have moved back to Poland mainly because of family reasons .
Questão 9
Questão
In five years time what percentage of poles who have moved to the uk will have moved back to Poland?
Questão 10
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What are the negative impacts on Poland ( the exporting country)
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Rapid growing shortage of skilled workers in Poland, nearly half of businesses surveyed in 2007 cited the lack of unskilled workforce as a barrier to growth.
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Lots of poles return home with money
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Divorce rate has doubled in just seven due to pressure from migration and spouses being left behind. Strain on marriages from periods of tie being left alone.
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Poles have a great relationship with their spouses after time apart
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Women in Poland have become more used to an independent lifestyle.
Questão 11
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What fraction of businesses surveyed in 2007cited that the lack of skilled workforce was a barrier to growth ?
Questão 12
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Tick the push factors for polish people to want to move to UK
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The unemployment rate in Poland was 18.2% in 2005
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Exploitation
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Highest unemployment rates in 27 nations of OECD.
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Rural area unemployment 40% . Youth unemployment 40%
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Annual GDP per head Poland 2006 was $12,700.
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Uk weather is bad
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People have to survive on about £150 a month
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Have young families to look after
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Many polish people want to learn/improve their English and have experiences abroad
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One in five workers were unemployed in 2004
Questão 13
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What was the unemployment rate in 2005?
Questão 14
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What was the percentage of youth unemployment and rural are unemployment in 2005?
Questão 15
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What was the annual GDP per head in Poland in 2006?
Questão 16
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How many out of every five workers were unemployed in 2004?
Questão 17
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Tick the pull factors as to why some polish people want to live in the UK.
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Uks unemployment rate low at 5.1% and has a high demand for semi-skilled and unskilled labour
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Average number of job vacancies in UK in 2007 was 607,900.
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annual GDP per head in UK was $30,900 in 2007
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Uk one of the three countries not to restrict immigration from the A8 countries
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Polish migrants can earn from 4 to 5 times more pay in UK and cost of living here only twice as high
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Low cost airlines make it easier for migrants to travel to UK
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Lloyds TSB opened a polish branch in Manchester
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Low interest rates
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Special polish coach services
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Some polish people want to earn money in the UK and send money home.
Questão 18
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What's the UK's unemployment rate?
Questão 19
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What was the annual GDP per head in 2007?
Questão 20
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In 2005 what percentage of immigration came from the A8 countries?
Questão 21
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How much immigration came from Poland in 2005 ?
Questão 22
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The average age of the poilish immigrants is 28, most of them are single.