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Positive impacts of Polish migration (social)

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  • Most will work in farming and building which is part of Britain’s largest availability of jobs
  • Gives children better education
    • Better healthcare
  • Better quality of life
  • EU came together in 2004 - good relationship with European countries
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Positive impacts of Polish migration (economic)

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  • Farming is part of Britain’s fastest growing economy

* Average income is 12,000 in Poland and Britain has 30,000 - has a higher income

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Negative impacts of Polish migration (social)

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  • Massive influx of foreign patients - they must rely on interpreters which is time consuming and expensive, with they don’t have
  • Rubbish is being left on streets which is causing them to be bombarded and making residents angry
  • Local people feel like foreigners in their own country
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Negative impacts if Polish migration (economic)

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  • Interpreters cost money which people don’t have
  • There are hardly any jobs left which is causing people to be unemployed
  • Immigrants don’t go to work because they have access to benefits
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Positive impacts of the Polish Migration in Poland

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  • More job opportunities for women as the men have left

* Many have benefited from remittances