Migration Within and To the EU Flashcards
People move around within the EU _____ looking for better paid work.
Voluntarily.
There are ____ _____ within the EU.
Economic migrations.
People who live within the EU can do what in any other EU country?
Live and work.
What happened in 2004?
10 eastern European countries joined the EU.
What happened between 2004-2007?
More than half a million people from Poland came to the UK.
Name 3 push factors why people moved from Poland?
High unemployment.
Low average wage.
Housing shortages.
How many people were unemployed in Poland in 2004?
Around 19%.
What were Poland’s wages like in 2004 compared to average EU wage?
About 1 third of the average EU wage.
How many dwellings were there for every 1000 people?
300 dwellings.
Name 3 pull factors that made people move from Poland to the UK?
Ease of migration.
More work and higher wage.
Good exchange rate.
What does the term ‘ease of migration mean ‘?
The UK allowed unlimited migration in 2004.
It was restricted in other EU countries.
In the UK there was a big demand for what?
Tradesmen - Plumbers.
What was the exchange rate like for Polish people?
The pound was worth a lot of Polish currency.
Sending money back to Poland made a big difference.
What happened to Poland’s population?
It fell by 0.3% between 2003 and 2007.
What else fell in Poland and why?
The birth rate fell as most people who left were young.
What happened to the shortage of workers in Poland?
Slowing the growth of the economy.
How was the Poland’s economy boosted?
By the money which was sent home by emigrants.
How much money was sent home by emigrants?
3 billion euros, in 2006.
What happened to the UK’s population?
It went up slightly.
What did immigration do to the UK’s economy?
It boosted it.
A lot of the money earned in the UK was sent back to Poland.
What opened in the UK?
New shops selling polish products.
What did the new shops in the UK do?
Provided for the Polish communities.
Many Poles were Catholics, what did this mean?
Attendance at Catholic churches went up.
Who else migrates to the EU?
Refugees.
Huge numbers of people migrate from ___ to the ___?
Africa.
EU.
Give an example of how African people get to the EU?
Crossing the Mediterranean Sea to Spain.
What happened in 2001?
45,000 emigrants from Africa were caught.
Refused entry into Spain.
Many of the migrants are refugees from where?
Wars in central and western African countries.
What happened in 1991 and 2002?
2 million people forced from their homes because of a civil war in Sierra Leone.
Where is Sierra Leone?
West Africa.
There are only what for African refugees of war?
Push factors.
Why did the Africans flee?
Threat of violence or death during war.
What happened to the African economy?
It reduced.
Fewer people contributing to the economy.
What happened to African families?
They separated when fleeing.
There was social tension between who?
Immigrants and Spaniards.
African people filled gaps in the labour market, why?
Because they are unskilled workers.
What happened to the average wages for unskilled job?
Fallen because so many people who want jobs.
What happened to Spain’s birth rate?
It increased, because lots of young immigrants.
