culture and society impacted by international migration

• +ve impacts of international migration


  increased cultural diversity in the UK (depends on the player)

  gain skills and jobs which help work against the UK's ageing population
• -ve impacts 


  Fuelling population growth that has put pressure on public services

  tensions between different players - intolerance and the rise of extremism in Europe
• why does impact vary?

  concentration of international migration varies

  different players intolerance
• Rwanda Scheme and the EU has created uncertainties to the extent of international migrants impact
• the government is the gatekeeper player for affect international migration flows because of different policies
• 1971 Immigration Act 


  Gave migrants who arrived during Windrush indefinite leave to remain
• 2024 


  Rwanda Scheme
• the two main migrant groups are EU migrants and migrants from former colonies
• migrants from the EU reached their peak in 2016 at 500,000
• Indian migrants found work in manufacturing, textiles and the service sector e.g., heathrow
• The Windrush generation arrived after WW2 following job shortages in the newly created NHS
• in 2022 Asian and Asian British increased to 9.3% from 2% in 2011
• migrants impact on culture

  music - grime

  food - doner kebab

  built env - Bilal mosque and anand sweets

  enriched UK culture, created diasporas
• intolerance from players

  OGs in Boston Lincolnshire do not like the Polish migrant population

  Notting hill riots
• migrants fuel population growth - net migration has accounted for 60% of the UKs population growth
• 14% of Yorkshires NHS nurses are non-UK born residents
• 39% of the fastest growing businesses in the UK have at least one migrant co-founder
• UK needs to attract international migration as it has an ageing population
• Initial Indian migrants settled in West London e.g., Hounslow
• West Indies migrants settled in areas such as Brixton
• 3 million migrants from 1940s-70s