Migration

Question 1

Immigration

Answer 1

migration into a country

Question 2

Emigration

Answer 2

leaving one’s native country or region to settle in another

Question 3

Positive affects of immigration

Answer 3

• New knowledge and skills and filling gaps in the labour market
• Reducing wage inflation and increasing competitiveness
• Providing more workers to support UK’s aging population.
• Increasing the number of consumers as well as producers

Question 4

Negative affects of immigration

Answer 4

• Loss of valuable skills/human capital – the brain drain

* Reducing unemployment in a recession

Question 5

Emigration can affect the UK labour market by

Answer 5

• Language and cultural barriers
• Visas, work permits and so on, are needed outside the EU
• Restrictions by foreign governments

Question 6

Government action to regulate Migration

Answer 6

• A points system – potential immigrants score points according to how well their skills match those needed by the UK.
• The SAWS (Seasonal Agricultural workers scheme) allows farmers and grower to bring foreign nationals to the UK to do seasonal work