Case study : Migration between UK and Poland

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A levels Geography Quiz on Case study : Migration between UK and Poland , created by istarinmcvicar on 30/12/2013.
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Question 1

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Tick the positive impacts on the Host country (UK)
Answer
  • Migrants take up most of the unwanted jobs such as labouring and cleaning
  • Good for regional employers seeking cheap and temporary labour
  • £2.54 billion is contributed to the economy annually by Eastern European migrants
  • Religion barriers
  • Migrants contribute to 0.5 to 1% of the UKs economic growth in 2005 and 2006
  • 80% of new migrants are working people aged 18-35. This offsets the tendancy for the uk population to age helping with an ageing population
  • National insurance contibutions would have to be higher if immigration was lower
  • Bank of England stated migration helped to prevent the rapid rise in oil prices from causing a damaging surge of inflation. Interest rates could remain lower.
  • The cost of borrowing/mortgages would be 0.5% higher if not for migrants.
  • Migrants hard-working, enthusiasm skilled and flexible.

Question 2

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How much is contributed annually to the economy by the eastern European migrants?
Answer
  • £1bn
  • £500,000
  • £2.54bn

Question 3

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How much did economic migrants contribute to the 1% of the Uk economic growth in 2005 and 2006?
Answer
  • 0.25
  • 0.5
  • 0.1

Question 4

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What percentage of migrants are working people?
Answer
  • 50%
  • 80%
  • 30%

Question 5

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How much higher would the cost of borrowing or mortgages be if not for migrants?
Answer
  • 1%
  • 0.5%
  • 89%

Question 6

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Tick the negative impacts on the UK (Host country )
Answer
  • Have to support some poor poles
  • Good for cheap labour
  • Poles take British jobs
  • Young poles may behave badly
  • Migrants skilled and enthusiastic
  • School leavers, uni-students missing out n vacation jobs due to migrants
  • Lots of migrators in areas which aren't used to migration, tension, misunderstandings, anti-polish graffiti , abuse and attacks.
  • National insurance would be higher
  • Religious barriers, protestants in northern island have been attacking catholic poles. Xenophobia ( Fear of other people)
  • Money is sent home (remittances) about £4bn a year to Poland.

Question 7

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How much money is sent home to Poland a year?
Answer
  • £3bn
  • £1bn
  • £4bn

Question 8

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Tick the positive impacts on Poland (the exporting country)
Answer
  • More work available in Poland
  • Rapid growing shortage of skilled workers
  • Lots of Poles return home after achieving their short term goals in the UK
  • Estimated that In 5 years time 60% of Poles who have moved to the UK will have moved back to Poland mainly because of family reasons .

Question 9

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In five years time what percentage of poles who have moved to the uk will have moved back to Poland?
Answer
  • 10%
  • 30%
  • 60%

Question 10

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What are the negative impacts on Poland ( the exporting country)
Answer
  • Rapid growing shortage of skilled workers in Poland, nearly half of businesses surveyed in 2007 cited the lack of unskilled workforce as a barrier to growth.
  • Lots of poles return home with money
  • Divorce rate has doubled in just seven due to pressure from migration and spouses being left behind. Strain on marriages from periods of tie being left alone.
  • Poles have a great relationship with their spouses after time apart
  • Women in Poland have become more used to an independent lifestyle.

Question 11

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What fraction of businesses surveyed in 2007cited that the lack of skilled workforce was a barrier to growth ?
Answer
  • a half
  • a quarter
  • none

Question 12

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Tick the push factors for polish people to want to move to UK
Answer
  • The unemployment rate in Poland was 18.2% in 2005
  • Exploitation
  • Highest unemployment rates in 27 nations of OECD.
  • Rural area unemployment 40% . Youth unemployment 40%
  • Annual GDP per head Poland 2006 was $12,700.
  • Uk weather is bad
  • People have to survive on about £150 a month
  • Have young families to look after
  • Many polish people want to learn/improve their English and have experiences abroad
  • One in five workers were unemployed in 2004

Question 13

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What was the unemployment rate in 2005?
Answer
  • 18.2%
  • 65.9%
  • 30%

Question 14

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What was the percentage of youth unemployment and rural are unemployment in 2005?
Answer
  • 60%
  • 40%
  • 30.89%

Question 15

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What was the annual GDP per head in Poland in 2006?
Answer
  • $4000
  • $12,700
  • $100,078

Question 16

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How many out of every five workers were unemployed in 2004?
Answer
  • 3
  • 5
  • 1

Question 17

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Tick the pull factors as to why some polish people want to live in the UK.
Answer
  • Uks unemployment rate low at 5.1% and has a high demand for semi-skilled and unskilled labour
  • Average number of job vacancies in UK in 2007 was 607,900.
  • annual GDP per head in UK was $30,900 in 2007
  • Uk one of the three countries not to restrict immigration from the A8 countries
  • Polish migrants can earn from 4 to 5 times more pay in UK and cost of living here only twice as high
  • Low cost airlines make it easier for migrants to travel to UK
  • Lloyds TSB opened a polish branch in Manchester
  • Low interest rates
  • Special polish coach services
  • Some polish people want to earn money in the UK and send money home.

Question 18

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What's the UK's unemployment rate?
Answer
  • 3%
  • 10%
  • 5.1%

Question 19

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What was the annual GDP per head in 2007?
Answer
  • $100,000
  • $89,000
  • $30,900

Question 20

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In 2005 what percentage of immigration came from the A8 countries?
Answer
  • 80%
  • 43%
  • 23%

Question 21

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How much immigration came from Poland in 2005 ?
Answer
  • 80%
  • 62%
  • 39%

Question 22

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The average age of the poilish immigrants is 28, most of them are single.
Answer
  • True
  • False
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