immigration

• define an asylum seeker


  someone who says they are a refugee, but their claim has not yet been definitively evaluated by asylum
• what is the commonwealth?

  a voluntary group of independent countries, some of which were former british colonies
• define an economic migrant

  a person who travels from one country to another due to economic reasons (e.g work, better economy)
• define a refugee

  a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution or natural disaster
• how will the government have to support immigrant children as they grow up?

  • pay for their education
  • pay for their healthcare
  • eventually pay for their care homes
• what are the social impacts of immigration on the UK?

  • positives - more diversity, more culture (e.g resturaunts, music, clothes)
  • negatives - less integration due to language barriers, friction between religions, loss of UK culture
• what are the economic impacts of immigration on the UK?

  • positives - filled skill gaps UK citizens dont provide, filled jobs that UK citizens dont want to take, more people paying tax towards the government
  • negatives - jobs that UK citizens want are getting taken, overpopulation puts a strain on the NHS + housing, tax rise due to overpopulation (need more money to pay for the new people), increased poverty in cities, lower wages