CS 12.2 Poland-UK Migration

Question 1

Remittances stat (3)

Answer 1

• E.g. Remittances rose by 338% from 2004-2008
• Following the A8 countries inclusion in the EU in 2004
• Also, Remittances made up 25% of Nepal’s national earnings in 2014

Question 2

Unemployment stat (3)

Answer 2

• E.g. Unemployment rate in Poland went from 21% in 2004
• To 7% in 2008
• Following the A8 countries inclusion in the EU in 2004

Question 3

Population stat (5)

Answer 3

• E.g. Polish-born people living in the UK:
• 2001 = 58,000
• 2011 = 676,000.

Question 4

Service closure stat (2)

Answer 4

• E.g. many nightclubs closed in Warsaw in 2004
• Issues of dereliction and decline to urban built enviornments

Question 5

Polish Government response (4)

Answer 5

• August 2019
• The Polish government scrapped income taxes
• for under 26 year olds
• To prevent them emigrating