Diverse places

Question 1

What has internal migration in UK caused?

Answer 1

Uneven demographic and cultural patterns

1. NORTH > SOUTH
   - economically active adults
   - London: global hub for financial services
   - better qol
   - more ethnically diverse due to economic opportunites
2. SOUTH > NORTH OR FURTHER SOUTH
   - retirees, older adults
   - lack of economic opp’s = doesn’t attract international migrants

Question 2

Where did/does UK gain most of immigration from?

Answer 2

DID: 1. Indian subcontinent and West Indies

• WEST INDIES:
• 1948: Windrush
• due to post war labour shortage
• INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
• british empire (1848-1947)
• speak british
• know british customs

DOES: 2. European Union

• A8 accession, 2004 = 8/10 joined EU
• Poland: largest foreign born population in UK
• 1.4 mil people from A8 Accession countries live in UK
• And large no’s from Ireland and Germany

TOP 3 country’s of immigrants to UK:

1. India
2. Poland
3. Pakistan

Question 3

What does the reception of an immigrant depend on?

Answer 3

Skills they have to offer

Question 4

Immigrant characteristics in host country?

Answer 4

1. Long hours
2. Jobs British people don’t want
3. Poorly paid
4. Cannot afford basic costs of living: relative poverty
5. Deprivation

Question 5

White British decrease?

Answer 5

87 > 82

Question 6

Foreign born % of population?

Answer 6

12.7%

Question 7

Why do some migrants live in rural areas?

Answer 7

Due to economic circumstances - e.g. agricultural work e.g. Boston Lincolnshire

• 13% of town born elsewhere in EU
• 1 in 10 people is from new EU countries
• 1 in 5 people born outside Britain
• 76% voted Brexit (highest vote for Brexit in country!)
• Work: picking, packing, plucking

Question 8

What are the impacts of immigration?

Answer 8

DEPS

1. Demographic
   - higher population densities
   - increased fertility rates
2. Economic
   - increased labour supply
   - filling of low paid jobs
3. Political
   - shifts in government policy
   - anti-immigration movements
4. Socio-cultural
   - increased ethnicity
   - assimilation
   - segregation

Question 9

Assimilation?

Answer 9

A process by which a minority group/culture comes to resemble those of the dominant culture

• single engagement
• lose parts of ur identity to fit with dominant identity :(