migration

• What is net migration?

  The number of people moving in minus out
• What was the net migration high in the U.K in 2014/15?

  330,000
• How did the foreign born population of England and Wales change from 1991 to 2011?

  It nearly doubled
• What prompted Polish soldiers to move to the U.K after the Second World War?

  A labour shortage in the U.K
• What did the British Nationality Act (1948) do?

  Made it easier for Commonwealth citizens to settle
• How did emigration from the U.K change until the 1980s?

  It matched immigration into Britain
• What happened to net migration in the 1990s?

  It rose rapidly due to mass immigration
• What led to an increase in asylum applications in the U.K in the late 1990s?

  War and political conflicts in various countries
• When did asylum applications peak in the U.K?

  In 2002
• What happened between 2004 and 2007 regarding E.U migration?

  New E.U migrants contributed to rising net migration
• How has increasing net migration affected U.K society and families?

  • Changed the structure of society
  • Impact of low fertility rates outweighed by migration
  • Decreased average age of the population
  • Lowered dependency ratio
  • Increased multi-family households
• How do migrants affect the average age of a country?

  Migrants tend to be young and working age
• What is the dependency ratio and how does immigration affect it?

  Immigration decreases the dependency ratio
• How does the fertility rate of mothers not born in the U.K compare to those born in the U.K?

  It is higher for mothers not born in the U.K
• What is the long-term effect of migrant children on the dependency ratio?

  They eventually decrease the dependency ratio
• What has increasing net migration led to in terms of household structure?

  An increase in multi-family households
• How has globalisation affected net migration?

  It has increased net migration
• What is globalisation?

  When nations become more connected and barriers break down
• How has U.K society changed since the 1990s?

  It has become more ethnically diverse
• What types of visas were most commonly granted by the U.K government between June 2014 and June 2015?

  For educational purposes and economic migrants
• What did Eriksen say about migrants in a globalised world?

  Migrants form transnational identities
• Why are migrants less likely to assimilate in a globalised world?

  They do not see it as a permanent home
• What political issue arises from immigration in a globalised world?

  Whether to promote assimilation or accept multiculturalism
• What are the key views on migration in the U.K?

  • Positive and negative views exist
  • Influenced by economic factors
  • Affected by cultural integration
  • Political debates on immigration policies
• What recent events have occurred at Kent processing centre?

  Migrants removed to hotels and hunger strikes
• What question is posed about views on migration in the U.K?

  Is the view positive or negative?