Managing The Global Consequences Of International Economic Migration

Question 1

How has migration to the UK changed in recent years?

Answer 1

• Decrease from 336,000 to 325,000

- 15,000 increase from Bulgaria and Romania

Question 2

Is the refugee crisis pushing immigration out of control?

Answer 2

• Asylum applications rose for 5th year (Rose 20% from 38,878)
• Not near 2002 UK peak of 103,000 (Afghan conflict)

Question 3

Define economic backwash

Answer 3

When large scale migrant labour flows become focused on core regions

Question 4

What does economic backwash lead to?

Answer 4

• Drain periphery of young workers
• Migration increases economic growth of host country
• Wealth trickles down to every nation (e.g. Through remittances)

Question 5

Outline one problem of interdependency

Answer 5

• UK recession of 2009 caused Estonia’s GDP to fall by 15% due to fall in employment and remittances