EQ2 Benefits and tensions over migration

Question 1

How does poland benefit from migration to UK?

Answer 1

-Remittance payments (can send money home to families)
-Contact with other cultures
-Reduces pressure of large population

Question 2

How does the UK benefit from polish migrants?

Answer 2

-Brings a wide range of skills
-Contributes to economic growth
-Migrants fill low wage, dirty or difficult
work
-Contact with different culture

Question 3

What are the tensions/ issues caused by polish people leaving poland?

Answer 3

-lower working age population
-less tax and revenue so less money spent on infrastructure in poland
-families are broken up

Question 4

What are the tensions/issues created in UK because of polish immigrants?

Answer 4

-Increase cost of education
-property price and demand increases
-cultural tensions with migrant population
-money is sent out of country to poland