5.1 Migration as a component of pop change

Question 1

Background info

Answer 1

Most Migrants are young men, who pay 000s dollars to be smuggled illegally into UK

many are stuck as they have no passport for either country

visa application process no longer possible for migration stream

migrants stuck in UK since financial crisis struggled to find jobs

no money no housing –> cant afford to leave
living in sheds with beds

Question 2

Chain migration aspect

Answer 2

desire to head to Britain like those who were initially encouraged to fill gaps in the UK workforce

main attraction = dream of wealth ahieved by 1st and 2nd gen migrants

“punjab palaces” = allure/ example to others to come ( though living can still be made in Punjab

• – Perpetuate outskirts of insignificant villages and elaborate in JALANDHAR - lack of workforce to farm the fertile soil, leaving women and children to work the land. Families often in debt and have mortgaged their land to travel to UK
• • Southall (West London) - comforting for migrants as theyre with an established Punjabi community - perpetuate the cycle by bringing family to the UK