impacts on donor country

Cards (8)

  • p- unemployment rate now 9%
  • p- lower population= less pressure on recources eg education and healthcare
  • p- lower birhrates= male migrants leave so less service demand
  • p- approx $1.2 billion sent from uk to poland helping local economy (remittance)
  • p- on return people more fluent in english= more skilled and desire to employ
  • n- emigrants are working age leaving settlements with youths and elderly
  • n- more males migrate = gender imbalance
  • n- loss of highly educated and skilled= brain drain = fewer qualified working age